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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Robert Bear has been honored with the 2012 Service |
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Award from Knights of Columbus Council No. 10393 in Hitchcock; and |
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WHEREAS, A valued parishioner of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic |
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Church and an esteemed member of the Knights of Columbus, Mr. Bear |
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has served as Grand Knight for four years and has been named Knight |
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of the Year five different times; his myriad contributions to the |
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council include helping to secure the construction of the new |
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Knights of Columbus Hall; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Bear has also given freely of his time and |
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talents to a number of community organizations; he currently serves |
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as a member of the Santa Fe, Texas, Education Foundation Board of |
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Directors and as president of the Santa Fe Area Historical |
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Foundation, an organization in which he previously held the office |
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of secretary; in addition, he is a member of the Veterans of Foreign |
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Wars and the Sons of Confederate Veterans; deeply attached to the |
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area where he has such strong roots and close ties, Mr. Bear has |
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also published four booklets on local history; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Galveston in 1937, Mr. Bear captained the |
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football team, played baseball and basketball, and excelled at |
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track while a student at Santa Fe High School; he graduated in 1956 |
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and joined the U.S. Army, serving for six years and spending time in |
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Korea and other parts of Asia; following his discharge from the |
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military, he worked for Water Control and Improvement District No. |
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8 for three years before joining Monsanto as a supervisor in its |
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maintenance department, a position he held for three decades until |
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his retirement; and |
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WHEREAS, Robert Bear and his wife, Sara, exchanged their |
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wedding vows in 1959 and have shared more than half a century of |
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marriage; over the years, they have been blessed with a fine family |
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that includes four children and eight grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, In appreciation of his long record of civic |
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engagement, Mr. Bear was named an Outstanding Alumnus of Santa Fe |
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High School in 2011 and was selected by the Santa Fe Chamber of |
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Commerce as its 2011 Man of the Year; and |
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WHEREAS, Through his tireless endeavors, this esteemed Texan |
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has greatly benefited both his church and his community and |
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enriched the lives of many fellow citizens; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Robert Bear on his receipt of the |
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2012 Service Award from Knights of Columbus Council No. 10393 and |
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extend to him sincere 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. Bear as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |