TITLE: Honoring Cooke County Electric Cooperative Association on the 75th anniversary of its founding.

SUMMARY: Honoring Cooke County Electric Cooperative Association on the 75th anniversary of its founding.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Cooke County Electric Cooperative Association is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2013, and this significant milestone provides a welcome opportunity to honor the organization; and WHEREAS, CCECA has been dedicated to providing power to rural homes and businesses since its founding in 1938; originally serving 98 members, the cooperative has grown steadily over the years and today supports more than 9,400 residents in Cooke, Montague, Grayson, Wise, and Denton Counties; and WHEREAS, CCECA also sponsors a scholarship program, which benefits 20 high school seniors each year; moreover, its employees play an important role in the community as volunteer firefighters and as church, youth, and civic leaders; and WHEREAS, For seven and a half decades, Cooke County Electric Cooperative Association has fulfilled its vital mission, contributing immeasurably to the quality of life of area residents; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby commemorate the 75th anniversary of Cooke County Electric Cooperative Association and extend to all those associated with CCECA sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the cooperative as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Springer Straus M. Gonzalez of El Paso Oliveira Allen N. Gonzalez of El Paso Orr Alonzo Gooden Otto Alvarado Guerra Paddie Anchia Guillen Parker Anderson Gutierrez Patrick Ashby Harless Perez Aycock Harper-Brown Perry Bell Hernandez Luna Phillips Bohac Herrero Pickett Bonnen of Brazoria Hilderbran Pitts Bonnen of Galveston Howard Price Branch Huberty Raney Burkett Hughes Ratliff Burnam Hunter Raymond Button Isaac Reynolds Callegari Johnson Riddle Canales Kacal Ritter Capriglione Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar Carter King of Hemphill Rodriguez of Travis Clardy King of Parker Rose Coleman King of Taylor Sanford Collier King of Zavala Schaefer Cook Kleinschmidt Sheets Cortez Klick Sheffield of Bell Craddick Kolkhorst Sheffield of Coryell Creighton Krause Simmons Crownover Kuempel Simpson Dale Larson Smith Darby Laubenberg Smithee Davis of Dallas Lavender Springer J. Davis of Harris Leach Stephenson S. Davis of Harris Lewis Stickland Deshotel Longoria Strama Dukes Lozano Taylor Dutton Lucio III Thompson of Brazoria Eiland Marquez Thompson of Harris Elkins Martinez Toth Fallon Martinez Fischer Turner of Collin Farias McClendon Turner of Harris Farney Menendez Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miles Villalba Fletcher Miller of Comal Villarreal Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morrison White Geren Munoz, Jr. Workman Giddings Murphy Wu Goldman Naishtat Zedler Gonzales Nevarez Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 141 was adopted by the House on January 23, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House