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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Mike and Judy Muzyczyn of the Kleberg County Airport |
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are being recognized as the 2011 General Aviation Airport |
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Management Team of the Year by the Texas Department of |
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Transportation, Aviation Division, on May 26, 2011; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Muzyczyn are both champions of the |
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Kleberg County Airport; Mr. Muzyczyn is the president of Mike's |
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Aircraft Shop and the airport manager, and Mrs. Muzyczyn is a member |
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of the airport's management team; and |
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WHEREAS, For more than 25 years, Mrs. Muzyczyn has been |
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organizing fly-ins, air shows, and Young Eagle events to engage the |
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local community and demonstrate what the airport has to offer; she |
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has also been an advocate for the airport's infrastructure, |
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securing financial resources to maintain its pavement and to repair |
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and remodel the terminal area; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Muzyczyn brought together a group of airport |
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supporters in the summer of 2010 to request reestablishment of the |
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Airport Advisory Commission from the Kleberg County Commissioners |
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Court, and she and her husband, along with eight other members of |
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the community, were appointed to the commission; they have created |
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a new website for the airport and are exploring other economic |
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development strategies; and |
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WHEREAS, A certified A&P aircraft mechanic since 1961, Mr. |
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Muzyczyn was born in the Ukraine in 1939; his family evaded the Nazi |
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army for five years before being captured and placed on trains |
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headed for Auschwitz, but the prisoners overpowered their captors |
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and managed to escape; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Muzyczyn and his family came to America in 1950, |
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settling in New Jersey, and he graduated from the Teterboro School |
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of Aeronautics in 1961; he joined the navy and spent his career in |
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the military stationed at Corpus Christi, receiving an honorable |
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discharge in 1965 and subsequently working at an aircraft shop at |
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Cuddihy Field until it closed in 1983; and |
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WHEREAS, In early 2011, Mr. Muzyczyn was recognized by the |
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Federal Aviation Administration with the Charles Taylor Master |
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Mechanic Award for his 50 years of service to the aviation |
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community; and |
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WHEREAS, The tireless efforts of Mike and Judy Muzyczyn have |
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indeed benefited their fellow aviators and Kleberg County |
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residents, and they are truly worthy of this prestigious honor; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Mike and Judy Muzyczyn on their |
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selection as the 2011 General Aviation Management Team of the Year |
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by the Texas Department of Transportation, Aviation Division, and |
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extend to them sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. and Mrs. Muzyczyn as an expression of high regard |
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by the Texas House of Representatives. |