H.C.R. No. 28

	HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
	WHEREAS, Many residents of Tyler will be in Austin to
	celebrate Tyler Days at the State Capitol from March 2 to March 3,
	2009, and this occasion offers an ideal opportunity to extol the
	city's many virtues; and
	WHEREAS, Nestled among the Piney Woods of East Texas, Tyler's
	great natural beauty goes hand in hand with the energy and amenities
	of a bustling modern city, and its residents take justifiable pride
	in their remarkable hometown; and
	WHEREAS, Tyler has through the years benefited greatly from
	the region's abundant natural resources, and agriculture has long
	provided a strong foundation for the local economy; cotton was
	originally the predominant cash crop, but by the turn of the century
	the area was shipping 100 railroad cars of peaches a day and more
	strawberries than the rest of the state combined; and
	WHEREAS, A devastating peach blight in 1902 soon revealed
	itself a blessing in disguise, as farmers turned to growing roses
	that are now Tyler's most famous export; by the 1940s, more than
	half the nation's rosebushes came from Tyler, and today the city is
	renowned as the home of the Texas Rose Festival and the Municipal
	Rose Garden and Museum; and
	WHEREAS, In 1930, the area's sandy loam yielded up a
	different kind of bounty when the East Texas oil field was
	discovered, and the petroleum industry quickly became a mainstay of
	the local economy, joined more recently by manufacturing and the
	timber industry; and
	WHEREAS, Tyler is also acknowledged to be the area's
	preeminent medical and educational center, and the presence of
	numerous state-of-the-art health care facilities contributes
	greatly to the well-being of local citizens, while the city's
	top-flight colleges and university open new vistas of learning and
	opportunity to thousands of students each year; and
	WHEREAS, The city's recreational options are many and varied,
	and visitors may choose such diverse and appealing destinations as
	the Caldwell Zoo, Tyler Rose Garden, Discovery Science Place, and
	the Tyler Museum of Art, while fishing and boating enthusiasts can
	pursue their pleasures at Lakes Palestine, Tyler, and Tyler East;
	and
	WHEREAS, Tyler's greatest asset continues to be its dynamic
	and friendly citizens, and even as they look back with pride and
	affection on the city's notable past, they eagerly embrace the
	challenges and opportunities that lie ahead; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas
	hereby designate March 2 to March 3, 2009, as Tyler Days at the
	State Capitol and extend to the visiting delegation sincere best
	wishes for a memorable and enjoyable visit to Austin.
	Berman
	Straus Gattis Menendez
	Allen Geren Merritt
	Alonzo Giddings Miklos
	Alvarado Gonzales Miller of Comal
	Anchia Gonzalez Toureilles Miller of Erath
	Anderson Guillen Moody
	Aycock Gutierrez Morrison
	Berman Hamilton Naishtat
	Bohac Hancock Oliveira
	Bolton Hardcastle Olivo
	Bonnen Harless Orr
	Branch Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
	Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Otto
	Brown of Brazos Heflin Parker
	Burnam Hernandez Patrick
	Button Herrero Paxton
	Callegari Hilderbran Pena
	Castro Hochberg Phillips
	Chavez Hodge Pickett
	Chisum Homer Pierson
	Christian Hopson Pitts
	Cohen Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
	Coleman Howard of Travis Raymond
	Cook Hughes Riddle
	Corte Hunter Rios Ybarra
	Crabb Isett Ritter
	Craddick Jackson Rodriguez
	Creighton Jones Rose
	Crownover Keffer Sheffield
	Darby Kent Shelton
	Davis of Harris King of Parker Smith of Tarrant
	Davis of Dallas King of Taylor Smith of Harris
	Deshotel King of Zavala Smithee
	Driver Kleinschmidt Solomons
	Dukes Kolkhorst Strama
	Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
	Dutton Laubenberg Taylor
	Edwards Legler Thibaut
	Eiland Leibowitz Thompson
	Eissler Lewis Truitt
	Elkins Lucio III Turner of Tarrant
	England Madden Turner of Harris
	Farabee Maldonado Vaught
	Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
	Farrar Marquez Villarreal
	Fletcher Martinez Vo
	Flores Martinez Fischer Walle
	Flynn McCall Weber
	Frost McClendon Woolley
	Gallego McReynolds Zerwas
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.C.R. No. 28 was adopted by the House on
	February 26, 2009, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.C.R. No. 28 was adopted by the Senate on
	March 3, 2009, by a viva-voce vote.
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	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
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	Governor