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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Hesles family has an impressive history of |
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business success in Eagle Pass; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1934, the Hesles Food Store was founded by |
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Alfredo Napoles Hesles and his wife, Bertha; after serving his |
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nation in World War II, Mr. Hesles returned to Eagle Pass and |
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diversified his business holdings, purchasing the historic Lane |
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Motel and reopening it as the Hesles Motel; and |
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WHEREAS, Alfredo and Bertha's son, Richard Hesles, and his |
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wife, Angelica, took over the store during the 1980s, and expanded |
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the business further to include real estate; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Richard Hesles passed away in 2010, |
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Angelica Hesles and their children continue to run the Hesles |
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family enterprises, including their store, now known as Hesles |
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Sporting Goods; and |
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WHEREAS, In September 2012, this flagship business was the |
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first to take part in the Eagle Pass Store Front Restoration |
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Program, and Mrs. Hesles and her family are among the biggest |
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supporters of the city's Main Street Program; and |
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WHEREAS, Family businesses are essential to the prosperity |
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and well-being of Texas communities, and the Hesles family may |
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indeed reflect with pride on their eight decades of serving their |
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friends and neighbors in Eagle Pass; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize Hesles Sporting Goods Day and extend |
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to the Hesles family sincere best wishes for the future; 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 the Hesles family as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives. |
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Nevárez |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 716 was adopted by the House on March |
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12, 2015, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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