Bill Text: TX HR124 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Wimberley Lions Club.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-01-30 - Reported enrolled [HR124 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR124-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 124 |
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WHEREAS, Proud members of the Wimberley Lions Club gathered | ||
on January 15, 2019, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of this | ||
outstanding community organization; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Wimberley Lions Club was established with 26 | ||
charter members in January 1969, and that same year, the club took | ||
over operation of Wimberley Market Days from the Wimberley Chamber | ||
of Commerce; originally a bimonthly event, it featured 100 vendors, | ||
a barbecue kitchen, and a single concession stand; today, Market | ||
Days is held on the first Saturday of every month on a 20-acre site | ||
owned by the Lions, and it draws up to 10,000 visitors with nearly | ||
500 booths, a variety of food and beverage concessions, and three | ||
music venues; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the years, the Lions Club has raised $4 million | ||
and contributed to such worthy causes as Habitat for Humanity, | ||
Lions International vision services, a student foreign exchange | ||
program, the Lions Camp at Kerrville, and scholarships for more | ||
than 160 area students; the organization also supports such local | ||
institutions as the volunteer fire department and emergency | ||
services, the civic center, the library, Blue Hole Regional Park, | ||
Jacob's Well Natural Area, and the new Lions Centennial Ozona Bank | ||
Park, and its members regularly turn out for highway cleanups, | ||
parades, and other school and civic events; and | ||
WHEREAS, The members of the Wimberley Lions benefit from the | ||
leadership of its current officers, including president Richard | ||
Newsum, past president Vic Forsyth, 1st vice president Ron Steel, | ||
2nd vice president Eric Price, 3rd vice president Bobby Burris, | ||
secretary Misty Moore, and treasurer Brian Robinson; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the past five decades, the Wimberley Lions Club | ||
has played a vital role in the community, and its members' | ||
willingness to give of their time and talents sets an outstanding | ||
example of civic engagement; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commemorate the 50th anniversary of the | ||
Wimberley Lions Club and extend to its members sincere best wishes | ||
for continued success with their important work; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the Wimberley Lions Club as an expression of high | ||
regard by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Zwiener | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 124 was adopted by the House on | ||
January 29, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||