TITLE: Recognizing February 23, 2017, as Howard County Day at the State Capitol.

SUMMARY: Recognizing February 23, 2017, as Howard County Day at the State Capitol.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Citizens from Howard County are gathering in Austin to celebrate Howard County Day at the State Capitol on February 23, 2017; and WHEREAS, Towns in Howard County, including Big Spring, the county seat, Coahoma, and Forsan, share a rich history, and today, the area is experiencing new and continuing development as residents look ahead to the opportunities of the future; and WHEREAS, Howard County has excelled at diversification, and it is a center for the petroleum and energy industry, education, health care, farming and ranching, transportation, manufacturing, and other active trades; and WHEREAS, Visitors and residents alike enjoy fine opportunities for recreation at Big Spring State Park, Moss Lake, and Comanche Trail Park; the region's colorful past is celebrated at the Heritage Museum and the Hangar 25 Air Museum, and continuing development in Big Spring's downtown historic district has also brought revitalization to the county as a whole; and WHEREAS, Deeply devoted to their communities and to the land that has shaped them, the people of Howard County may take justifiable pride in their efforts to cultivate a rich and vital quality of life, knowing that the robust spirit of earlier generations is alive and well in their own; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas Legislature hereby recognize February 23, 2017, as Howard County Day at the State Capitol and extend to the visiting delegation sincere best wishes for an informative and enjoyable stay in Austin. Darby Straus Goldman Oliverson Allen Gonzales of Williamson Ortega Alonzo Gonz lez of El Paso Paddie Alvarado Gooden Parker Anchia Guerra Paul Anderson of Dallas Guillen Perez Anderson of McLennan Gutierrez Phelan Ar valo Hefner Phillips Ashby Hernandez Pickett Bailes Herrero Price Bell Hinojosa Raney Bernal Holland Raymond Biedermann Howard Reynolds Blanco Huberty Rinaldi Bohac Hunter Roberts Bonnen of Brazoria Isaac Rodriguez of Bexar Bonnen of Galveston Israel Rodriguez of Travis Burkett Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr. Burns Johnson of Harris Rose Burrows Kacal Sanford Button Keough Schaefer Cain King of Hemphill Schofield Canales King of Parker Schubert Capriglione King of Uvalde Shaheen Clardy Klick Sheffield Coleman Koop Shine Collier Krause Simmons Cook Kuempel Smithee Cortez Lambert Springer Cosper Landgraf Stephenson Craddick Lang Stickland Cyrier Larson Stucky Dale Laubenberg Swanson Darby Leach Thierry Davis of Dallas Longoria Thompson of Brazoria Davis of Harris Lozano Thompson of Harris Dean Lucio III Tinderholt Deshotel Martinez Turner Dukes Metcalf Uresti Dutton Meyer VanDeaver Elkins Miller Villalba Faircloth Minjarez Vo Fallon Moody Walle Farrar Morrison White Flynn Mu oz, Jr. Wilson Frank Murphy Workman Frullo Murr Wray Geren Neave Wu Gervin-Hawkins Nev rez Zedler Giddings Oliveira Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 454 was adopted by the House on February 23, 2017, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House