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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Bear Creek Smokehouse in Marshall has been named the |
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2013 Family-Owned Business of the Year by the Dallas/Fort Worth |
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District of the U.S. Small Business Administration; and |
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WHEREAS, Founded in 1943 by Hick and Nellie Shoults, this |
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popular establishment has grown from a small backyard smokehouse to |
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a large-scale facility that prepares a variety of meats for sale at |
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the company's salesroom in Marshall and through its catalog and |
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website; products include hickory-smoked brisket, turkey, chicken, |
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mango ginger habanero ham, peppered pork tenderloin, sausage, |
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bacon, soup mixes, desserts, and the company's own brand of |
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barbecue sauce; and |
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WHEREAS, Today, Bear Creek Smokehouse thrives under the |
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direction of president Robbie Shoults, the grandson of the original |
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founders, and several other generations of the family continue to |
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participate in the business; and |
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WHEREAS, Texas is fortunate to be home to many independent |
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businesses that have benefited from the stewardship of one family |
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through the years, and Bear Creek Smokehouse proudly upholds that |
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vital tradition while contributing to the economic well-being of |
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the community; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Bear Creek |
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Smokehouse on being named the 2013 Family-Owned Business of the |
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Year by the Dallas/Fort Worth District of the U.S. Small Business |
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Administration and extend to the Shoults family sincere best wishes |
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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 Bear Creek Smokehouse as an expression of high regard |
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by the Texas House of Representatives. |