H.R. No. 14

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Emil Habecker III of Comfort passed away on December
	13, 2007, at the age of 78, leaving his family and friends with many
	treasured memories of time spent in his company; and
	WHEREAS, Born into a Kerr County family, Emil Habecker was a
	navy equipment specialist as well as a diver for the Scripps
	Institution of Oceanography at the University of California at San
	Diego, one of the oldest, largest, and most prestigious centers for
	marine science research, graduate training, and public service in
	the world; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Habecker's friendship with other early divers
	led to his participation in the San Diego Bottom Scratchers Club,
	reportedly the oldest free-diving club in the United States;
	organized in 1933, the Bottom Scratchers acquired their name from
	their practice of "scratching" the ocean floor in search of food
	during the Great Depression; the divers were pioneers in developing
	and refining equipment for spearfishing and sport diving, both of
	which were in their infancy at that time; and
	WHEREAS, In the late 1950s, Mr. Habecker was invited to join a
	group of Scripps graduate students/alumni and associates who had
	formed a corporation named Scientific Diving Consultants, Inc., for
	the purpose of studying sea life; in 1959, the corporation opened
	the Diving Locker, a San Diego dive shop; during his years in
	California he was also affiliated with the San Diego Underwater
	Photographic Society; and
	WHEREAS, After returning to live in the Texas Hill Country,
	Mr. Habecker became involved in the Comfort Lions Club and the
	Comfort Athletic Booster Club, which now awards a $1,000 Emil
	Habecker Scholarship in honor of this esteemed gentleman; and
	WHEREAS, With his beloved wife, Marcia, Mr. Habecker shared a
	fulfilling marriage that was further enriched with the addition of
	two children and a grandchild; and
	WHEREAS, Emil Habecker lived a caring and purposeful life,
	and he is greatly missed by all who had the good fortune to know him;
	now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
	Legislature hereby honor the memory of Emil Habecker III and extend
	sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, Marcia
	Anderson Habecker; to his daughter, Cheryle Habecker Sackett, and
	her husband, Vernon Barnard; to his son, Ron Habecker; to his
	stepsiblings, Madeline Behal, Frank Habecker, and Max Habecker and
	his wife, Alma; and to his other relatives and friends; and, be it
	further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for the members of his family and that when the Texas House
	of Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Emil
	Habecker III.
	Hilderbran
	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 Peña
	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
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 14 was unanimously adopted by a rising
	vote of the House on February 26, 2009.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House