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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Robbie and Marie Hawes have closed their business, |
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Boathouse Bait, concluding nearly two decades of service to the |
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Port O'Connor fishing community; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Hawes began working as a shrimper in 1968 at the |
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age of 23; in 1996, he and Mrs. Hawes opened Boathouse Bait, selling |
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shrimp and croaker to other fishermen as a way to supplement their |
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income from shrimping; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the years, the bait shop became the couple's |
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full-time business, and in 2006 they built a bigger building with |
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four 20-foot-long cement tanks and four large round tanks to hold |
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the bait; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Hawes employed a staff to sell the |
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bait, but Mr. Hawes himself rose at 2:30 every morning to clean the |
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tanks and separate the croaker, and at 4:30, he took his boat, the |
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Pusservin, out into the Gulf of Mexico to catch more bait; then, |
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before he left work at 9:00 every evening, he checked the pumps and |
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cleaned the tanks again; and |
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WHEREAS, For nearly two decades, Boathouse Bait has been a |
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signature business in Port O'Connor, and Mr. and Mrs. Hawes may |
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take great pride in the affection and respect they have earned from |
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their many longtime customers as they embark upon the next exciting |
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chapter of their lives; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the closing of Boathouse Bait in |
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Port O'Connor and extend to Robbie and Marie Hawes sincere best |
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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. and Mrs. Hawes as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives. |