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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Rick Diaz retired as anchor of KRGV-TV news in the |
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Rio Grande Valley on May 22, 2015, drawing to a close an outstanding |
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career in television journalism that has spanned half a century; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, The son of migrant workers, Mr. Diaz was a member of |
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the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo High School Border Bandits, the first Rio |
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Grande Valley football team to make the state playoffs, during the |
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1962-63 season; while he was attending Pan American University, he |
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joined the staff of KRGV-TV in Weslaco as a night photographer, and |
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following his graduation from college, he quickly worked his way up |
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through the ranks to become a reporter, a weekend news anchor, the |
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six o'clock news anchor, and finally the station's news director in |
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1976; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Diaz first retired in 1998, but he returned to |
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the station as a news anchor in 2000; throughout his career, he has |
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been an inspiration and a mentor to other journalists, counseling |
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countless young people over the years, including the station's |
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current news director, whom Mr. Diaz hired in 1981; his extensive |
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community service has been honored on three occasions with |
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invitations to the White House, twice by President Ronald Reagan |
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and again by President Bill Clinton; and |
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WHEREAS, Rick Diaz may indeed reflect with pride on his |
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lifelong commitment to serving the Rio Grande Valley, and |
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generations of grateful viewers will long remember his signature |
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signoff, "Good night y que te pasa muy buenas noches"; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Rick Diaz for his leadership and |
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achievements with KRGV-TV news and extend to him sincere best |
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wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Diaz as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |