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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, For more than 30 years, the post office in Valentine |
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has offered people around the world a special postmark for their |
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love letters and cards on Valentine's Day; and |
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WHEREAS, The town of Valentine received its name because it |
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was founded on February 14, 1882, and in recent years, its post |
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office has provided a special romantic postmark for the holiday, |
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with a new design every year; individuals from across the nation and |
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as far away as Switzerland and Japan send letters to Texas to be |
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stamped with the special cancellation; on average, the post office |
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processes 12,000 love letters each year, and it has received as many |
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as 30,000; and |
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WHEREAS, Each year's postmark is selected through a |
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competition for local schoolchildren; the 2019 winning entry was |
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created by Jordan Miller, an eighth grader in the Valentine |
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Independent School District; the design shows the back of a pickup |
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truck, with the date, the name of the town and its zip code, and |
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"Love Station" written across the tailgate and the bumper; the |
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truck is flanked by a line from the classic Waylon Jennings song |
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"Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)"; and |
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WHEREAS, This unique and charming tradition helps |
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individuals from far and wide put a West Texas spin on their |
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Valentine's Day cards and letters, and it is truly deserving of |
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special recognition; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend the Valentine post office for its annual |
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Valentine's Day postmark program and extend to the post office |
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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 the Valentine post office as an expression of high |
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regard by 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. 1941 was adopted by the House on May |
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22, 2019, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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