H.R. No. 767
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, Robbie and Marie Hawes have closed their business,
  Boathouse Bait, concluding nearly two decades of service to the
  Port O'Connor fishing community; and
         WHEREAS, Mr. Hawes began working as a shrimper in 1968 at the
  age of 23; in 1996, he and Mrs. Hawes opened Boathouse Bait, selling
  shrimp and croaker to other fishermen as a way to supplement their
  income from shrimping; and
         WHEREAS, Over the years, the bait shop became the couple's
  full-time business, and in 2006 they built a bigger building with
  four 20-foot-long cement tanks and four large round tanks to hold
  the bait; and
         WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Hawes employed a staff to sell the
  bait, but Mr. Hawes himself rose at 2:30 every morning to clean the
  tanks and separate the croaker, and at 4:30, he took his boat, the
  Pusservin, out into the Gulf of Mexico to catch more bait; then,
  before he left work at 9:00 every evening, he checked the pumps and
  cleaned the tanks again; and
         WHEREAS, For nearly two decades, Boathouse Bait has been a
  signature business in Port O'Connor, and Mr. and Mrs. Hawes may
  take great pride in the affection and respect they have earned from
  their many longtime customers as they embark upon the next exciting
  chapter of their lives; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
  Legislature hereby commemorate the closing of Boathouse Bait in
  Port O'Connor and extend to Robbie and Marie Hawes sincere best
  wishes for the future; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for Mr. and Mrs. Hawes as an expression of high regard by
  the Texas House of Representatives.
 
  Morrison
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 767 was adopted by the House on March
  12, 2015, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House