TITLE: Recognizing March 16, 2011, as Karnes County Day at the State Capitol.

SUMMARY: Recognizing March 16, 2011, as Karnes County Day at the State Capitol.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Citizens from Karnes County are gathering in Austin for a special day at the State Capitol on March 16, 2011; and WHEREAS, Located in the Rio Grande plain region, the county was named for Henry Wax Karnes, a Texas revolutionary war hero, and was officially organized on February 4, 1854, when the legislature passed a measure recognizing its establishment; and WHEREAS, Karnes County benefited from the arrival of the railroads in the mid-1880s, and the improved access to markets ushered in the diversified farming, livestock, and ranching economy that has been important to the area ever since; and WHEREAS, Today, the region's leading businesses include not only agricultural operations but also oil and gas production, uranium mining and milling, guar processing, and fiberglass manufacturing; and WHEREAS, Karnes County is home to Panna Maria, the nation's oldest Polish settlement, and the ghost town of Helena, the former county seat, which features a museum in the restored courthouse; additional attractions in the area include the church of Czestochowa and various annual community events, including the Lonesome Dove Fest in Karnes City; Kenedy, Falls City, Gillett, Hobson, and Runge are just a few of the unique towns that may be found in the county; and WHEREAS, Residents of Karnes County are preserving the character and history of their unique region while working to build a prosperous future, and they are indeed deserving of recognition for their contributions to the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby recognize March 16, 2011, as Karnes County Day at the State Capitol and extend to the visiting delegation sincere best wishes for an enjoyable day in Austin. Aliseda Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr. Allen Gooden Murphy Alonzo Guillen Naishtat Alvarado Gutierrez Nash Anchia Hamilton Oliveira Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto Aycock Harless Parker Beck Harper-Brown Patrick Berman Hartnett Paxton Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena Bonnen Hilderbran Perry Branch Hochberg Phillips Brown Hopson Pickett Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts Burnam Howard of Travis Price Button Huberty Quintanilla Cain Hughes Raymond Callegari Hunter Reynolds Carter Isaac Riddle Castro Jackson Ritter Chisum Johnson Rodriguez Christian Keffer Schwertner Coleman King of Parker Scott Cook King of Taylor Sheets Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons Deshotel Lavender Strama Driver Legler Taylor of Collin Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston Dutton Lozano Thompson Eiland Lucio III Torres Eissler Lyne Truitt Elkins Madden Turner Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey Farrar Margo Villarreal Fletcher Marquez Vo Flynn Martinez Walle Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber Gallego McClendon White Garza Menendez Woolley Geren Miles Workman Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 522 was adopted by the House on March 16, 2011, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House