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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 68
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WHEREAS, For more than 50 years, Big Bend Telephone Company |
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of Alpine has provided outstanding telecommunications services |
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to the Big Bend region; and |
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WHEREAS, The company pioneered telecommunications |
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throughout the 17,000 square miles of its sparsely populated |
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service area, only 16 percent of which has cellular coverage; |
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this area includes 485 miles of the Texas-Mexico border and |
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almost 25 percent of the nation's southern border; and |
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WHEREAS, Recently, Big Bend Telephone Company provided new |
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infrastructure and services that allowed the opening of |
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Boquillas Crossing as an unmanned border checkpoint; the |
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reopening of this border crossing, which is the only one in the |
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300 miles between Presidio and Del Rio, will contribute to |
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economic development in the area and will be an important boon to |
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tourism; and |
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WHEREAS, In recognition of this unique and innovative |
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project, BBT was presented with a "Special Recognition: Homeland |
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Security" award at the Rural Broadband Association's 2014 Smart |
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Rural Community Awards event held at the National Telephone |
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Cooperative Association's fall conference in San Francisco; and |
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WHEREAS, Big Bend Telephone Company has made a crucial and |
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lasting contribution to this state and nation, and it is truly |
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deserving of special commendation; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th |
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Legislature, hereby commend Big Bend Telephone Company for its |
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outstanding contributions to the community and its commitment to |
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national security and extend to everyone associated with the |
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company 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 Big Bend Telephone Company as an expression of high |
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regard from the Texas Senate. |
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Uresti |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on February 3, 2015. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |