Bill Text: TX HR116 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Earl "Doc" Osborne on his retirement as athletic trainer for the Angleton Independent School District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-26 - Reported enrolled [HR116 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR116-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 116 |
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WHEREAS, Earl Osborne retired from the Angleton Independent | ||
School District on June 8, 2013, concluding a distinguished career | ||
with the district that spanned 37 years; and | ||
WHEREAS, An admired educator and athletic trainer, "Doc" | ||
Osborne provided exceptional care for students involved in sports, | ||
developing training and rehabilitation programs, as well as setting | ||
up appointments with physicians and taking youths to the doctor; | ||
for more than three decades, he also served as an adaptive physical | ||
education instructor for children with multiple handicaps, and he | ||
coached soccer for five years; in addition, he helped write the | ||
district's concussion policy, and he instructed all coaches and | ||
extracurricular staff in CPR and first aid; he has also shared his | ||
knowledge as a speaker at athletic conferences; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Osborne was born in Pennsylvania and graduated | ||
from West Chester State College; after a time, he decided to move to | ||
Texas, which had become the first state to license athletic | ||
trainers, and in 1976 he joined the faculty of Angleton High School; | ||
he built his house just two blocks from the campus so that he could | ||
respond quickly to any call, and when his daughter, Leeann, was | ||
little, his wife, Marilyn, often wheeled her over to the stadium in | ||
a stroller to say goodnight; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dedicated to the wider community as well, | ||
Mr. Osborne is an active member of the citizens' emergency response | ||
team for FEMA; he assisted in the evacuation of citizens as | ||
Hurricane Ike bore down on the coast in 2008, and he worked the | ||
telephone bank during and after the storm; in his leisure hours, he | ||
plays saxophone in a jazz band and in a local wind ensemble; his | ||
retirement will give him more time to volunteer and to enjoy | ||
listening to music, traveling, and relaxing with a fine family that | ||
has grown to include his son-in-law, Ben Rudolph, and two | ||
grandchildren, Burke and Kirkland; and | ||
WHEREAS, Doc Osborne has made a positive impact on the lives | ||
of countless young Texans, and as he begins the next exciting | ||
chapter of his life, he may indeed reflect with pride on a career | ||
well spent; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Earl "Doc" | ||
Osborne on his retirement from the Angleton Independent School | ||
District and extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, | ||
be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mr. Osborne as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Bonnen of Brazoria | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 116 was adopted by the House on June | ||
25, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||