TITLE: Recognizing February 24, 2015, as East Texas Coalition Day at the Capitol.

SUMMARY: Recognizing February 24, 2015, as East Texas Coalition Day at the Capitol.

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WHEREAS, Civic and business leaders from Tyler, Kilgore, and Longview are joining together on February 24, 2015, to celebrate East Texas Coalition Day at the State Capitol; and WHEREAS, Situated in the Piney Woods region of East Texas, Tyler, Kilgore, and Longview share the virtues of great natural beauty, abundant resources, and energetic and engaged residents, all of which have played a vital role in the growth and prosperity of our state; and WHEREAS, Tyler has a preeminent medical center, as well as multiple institutions of higher education, and it also is home to the renowned Texas Rose Festival and the Municipal Rose Garden and Museum; and WHEREAS, Kilgore is an important center for the oil and high technology industries, and Kilgore College offers such outstanding cultural attractions as the Texas Shakespeare Festival and the world-famous Rangerette drill team Showcase and Museum; and WHEREAS, Longview is the largest city in Gregg County and is the location of LeTourneau University; it boasts exemplary institutions such as the Longview Museum of Fine Arts, several other museums, and the Great Texas Balloon Race; and WHEREAS, The citizens of these three great cities can look back with pride on their rich and colorful past while they confidently embrace the opportunities of the future, and this special legislative day provides a fitting opportunity to honor them; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas Legislature hereby recognize February 24, 2015, as East Texas Coalition Day at the State Capitol and extend to the visiting delegation best wishes for an informative and enjoyable day in Austin. Simpson Hughes Paddie Schaefer Clardy Straus Guerra Otto Allen Guillen Paddie Alonzo Gutierrez Parker Alvarado Harless Paul Anchia Hernandez Pe a Anderson of Dallas Herrero Phelan Anderson of McLennan Howard Phillips Ashby Huberty Pickett Aycock Hughes Price Bell Hunter Raney Blanco Isaac Raymond Bohac Israel Reynolds Bonnen of Brazoria Johnson Riddle Bonnen of Galveston Kacal Rinaldi Burkett Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar Burns Keough Rodriguez of Travis Burrows King of Hemphill Romero, Jr. Button King of Parker Rose Canales King of Taylor Sanford Capriglione King of Uvalde Schaefer Clardy Klick Schofield Coleman Koop Shaheen Collier Krause Sheets Cook Kuempel Sheffield Craddick Landgraf Simmons Crownover Larson Simpson Dale Laubenberg Smith Darby Leach Smithee Davis of Dallas Longoria Spitzer Davis of Harris Lozano Springer Deshotel Lucio III Stephenson Dukes M rquez Stickland Dutton Martinez Thompson of Brazoria Elkins Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris Faircloth McClendon Tinderholt Fallon Men ndez Turner of Collin Farias Metcalf Turner of Harris Farney Meyer Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miles VanDeaver Fletcher Miller of Comal Villalba Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morrison White of Bell Galindo Mu oz, Jr. White of Tyler Geren Murphy Workman Giddings Murr Wray Goldman Naishtat Wu Gonzales Nev rez Zedler Gonz lez Oliveira Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 464 was adopted by the House on February 24, 2015, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House