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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Humberto G. Garcia of Del Rio is focusing new |
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attention on an inspiring chapter in the city's history with the |
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publication of his book Mustang Miracle, which tells the story of |
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the state champion San Felipe High School golf team of 1957; and |
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WHEREAS, In the mid-1950s, a group of students were recruited |
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to form a golf team at San Felipe High, which was then a segregated |
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school; their knowledge of the game had been gained by working as |
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caddies and playing on a hardscrabble course they had made |
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themselves; despite having outdated and inferior equipment and no |
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professional instruction, the San Felipe Mustangs became winners; |
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the team finished as runner-up in the state championship tournament |
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in 1956; the next year, they returned to the finals, the only |
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minority players in the event, and captured the Texas state title; |
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this triumph over all expectations inspired Mr. Garcia to write |
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Mustang Miracle; and |
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WHEREAS, The book is his first published work after a notable |
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career as a lawyer; born in Del Rio in 1955, he spent his formative |
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years working in potato and onion fields with his family; he |
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graduated from San Felipe High School as class salutatorian in 1972 |
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and attended The University of Texas at Austin, where he received |
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his bachelor's degree in government at the age of 19; Mr. Garcia |
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then earned his law degree from The University of Texas School of |
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Law and in 1980 was appointed as Del Rio's first full-time city |
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attorney; five years later, he moved to San Antonio and established |
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a successful private practice; and |
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WHEREAS, In January 2011, he retired from full-time work to |
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concentrate on consulting and writing and also to nurture his |
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golfing career; as a professional, Mr. Garcia has played in several |
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qualifiers for the Champions Tour and is a regular on the Southern |
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Texas Professional Golfers Association Senior Series; in all his |
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endeavors, he enjoys the love and support of his wife, Cynthia, and |
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his four children; and |
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WHEREAS, As a San Felipe High School alumnus and an avid |
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golfer, Mr. Garcia is uniquely qualified to tell the tale of the |
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state champion Mustangs team, and the resulting saga of |
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perseverance in the face of adversity is one that is sure to |
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resonate beyond Del Rio and the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be |
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it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Humberto G. Garcia on the |
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publication of Mustang Miracle and extend to him sincere best |
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wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Garcia as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Gallego |
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| Straus |
Gonzales of Williamson |
Morrison |
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| Aliseda |
Gonzalez |
Munoz, Jr. |
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| Anderson of Dallas |
Hancock |
Orr |
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| Anderson of McLennan |
Hardcastle |
Otto |
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| Beck |
Harper-Brown |
Patrick |
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| Bohac |
Hernandez Luna |
Pena |
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| Burkett |
Howard of Fort Bend |
Pitts |
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| Burnam |
Howard of Travis |
Price |
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| Button |
Huberty |
Quintanilla |
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| Callegari |
Hunter |
Reynolds |
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| Christian |
Keffer |
Schwertner |
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| Coleman |
King of Parker |
Scott |
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| Cook |
King of Taylor |
Sheets |
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| Craddick |
King of Zavala |
Sheffield |
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| Creighton |
Kleinschmidt |
Shelton |
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| Crownover |
Kolkhorst |
Simpson |
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| Darby |
Kuempel |
Smith of Harris |
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| Davis of Dallas |
Landtroop |
Smith of Tarrant |
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| J. Davis of Harris |
Larson |
Smithee |
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| S. Davis of Harris |
Laubenberg |
Solomons |
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| Driver |
Legler |
Taylor of Collin |
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| Dukes |
Lewis |
Taylor of Galveston |
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| Farias |
Mallory Caraway |
Veasey |
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| Frullo |
Martinez Fischer |
Weber |
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| Giddings |
Miller of Comal |
Zedler |
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| Gonzales of Hidalgo |
Miller of Erath |
Zerwas |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1011 was adopted by the House on March |
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24, 2011, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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