H.R. No. 408
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives is pleased to
  recognize February 12, 2009, as Mission Day at the Capitol and to
  welcome the citizens of Mission who have traveled to Austin for this
  occasion; and
         WHEREAS, The city of Mission was founded in 1908, the year the
  Missouri Pacific Railroad established a station in the area, and
  the city was named for La Lomita Mission, which was located nearby;
  since then, Mission has grown to be a thriving city with a
  population of approximately 65,000 people; and
         WHEREAS, The first citrus trees in the Rio Grande Valley were
  planted in the Mission area; today, the citrus industry is a
  multimillion-dollar business and is celebrated each year at the
  Citrus Fiesta; and
         WHEREAS, Mission was immortalized in Larry McMurtry's novel
  and miniseries, Lonesome Dove, and notable residents have included
  the late United States Senator and Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen
  and former United States Congressman Kika de la Garza; Mission was
  the childhood home of Tom Landry and a second home to Governor Allan
  Shivers and to William Jennings Bryan; and
         WHEREAS, Mission Day at the Capitol provides an opportunity
  to honor the city's heritage and its many charms, which are enjoyed
  by residents and vacationers of all ages; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
  Legislature hereby recognize February 12, 2009, as Mission Day at
  the State Capitol and extend best wishes to the members of the
  visiting delegation for an enjoyable and memorable stay in Austin.
 
  Flores
  Gonzales
 
 
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
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 408 was adopted by the House on
  February 12, 2009, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House