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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Six Flags Over Texas is celebrating its 50th |
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anniversary in 2011; located in Arlington, the park has entertained |
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an estimated 100 million people since its opening on August 5, 1961; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Founded by Angus G. Wynne, Jr., of the Great |
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Southwest Corporation with the help of Arlington mayor Tom |
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Vandergriff, Six Flags Over Texas was named for the six countries |
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whose flags have flown over Texas land: Spain, France, Mexico, the |
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Republic of Texas, the Confederate States of America, and the |
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United States of America; the park has been so successful it has |
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become a model for the regional park industry, and today there are |
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19 Six Flags theme parks in North America; and |
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WHEREAS, Six Flags Over Texas is credited with helping |
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Arlington to attract the Texas Rangers major league baseball team |
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and then Cowboys Stadium, thus enabling Arlington to host the World |
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Series and the Super Bowl; a leading employer in Arlington and |
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Tarrant County, the park hires 3,500 seasonal and part-time workers |
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annually; and |
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WHEREAS, Through a series of special programs, Six Flags |
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supports many nonprofit organizations that work to make a |
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difference in their communities, and among the groups benefiting |
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from this support are the Boys and Girls Club, Big Brothers Big |
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Sisters, the Ronald McDonald House, and the Make a Wish Foundation; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, With 13 roller coasters, more than at any other |
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theme park in the south, Six Flags Over Texas has been chosen to |
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host the 2011 annual convention of the American Coaster |
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Enthusiasts; and |
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WHEREAS, Six Flags Over Texas has taken its place as a part of |
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Texas history even as its owners look forward to the next |
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half-century, and it is a pleasure to recognize the site of fond |
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memories for so many Lone Star State families; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the 50th anniversary of Six Flags |
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Over Texas and extend to all those associated with the park sincere |
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best 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 Six Flags Over Texas as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives. |