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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Rodolfo Carlos Salinas, Jr., of Rio Grande City has |
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distinguished himself through his service as an educator and as a |
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community leader; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Rio Grande City, R. C. Salinas graduated |
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from high school in Corpus Christi and earned a bachelor's degree in |
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history and a master's degree in education administration from |
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Texas A&M University; he began his 34-year career in education in |
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his hometown in 1960, and he worked in a number of capacities over |
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the following decades, teaching high school history, serving as a |
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middle school principal, performing administrative work in the |
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district's central office, and becoming a federal programs |
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coordinator; he retired from the public schools in 1994; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Salinas has taught in the Starr County juvenile |
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detention facility for five years and also teaches children from |
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Mexico to speak English; a Catholic deacon for more than three |
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decades, he is presently assigned to Sacred Heart parish in Starr |
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County and to the county's juvenile detention facility; in |
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addition, he is involved in promoting tours of Rio Grande City and |
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the surrounding area, and he has published articles in the Monitor, |
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a Rio Grande Valley newspaper; in his spare time, he collects local |
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stories and legends and loves to read, particularly history books; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, In all of his endeavors, Mr. Salinas enjoys the love |
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and support of his wife, Sylvia, with whom he has shared 38 years, |
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his two children, Dr. Dora Sylvia Salinas Garcia and her husband, |
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Americo, and Juan Carlos Salinas, and his two grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, R. C. Salinas has garnered the lasting respect and |
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admiration of his fellow citizens through his commitment to |
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education and to the young people of Starr County, and he is indeed |
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deserving of special recognition; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby honor R. C. Salinas, Jr., |
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for his contributions to his community and extend to him sincere |
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best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Salinas as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Guillen |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 142 was adopted by the House on June |
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28, 2011, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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