Bill Text: TX HR142 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Rodolfo Carlos Salinas, Jr., of Rio Grande City for his contributions to his community.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-07-06 - Reported enrolled [HR142 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR142-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 142 |
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WHEREAS, Rodolfo Carlos Salinas, Jr., of Rio Grande City has | ||
distinguished himself through his service as an educator and as a | ||
community leader; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in Rio Grande City, R. C. Salinas graduated | ||
from high school in Corpus Christi and earned a bachelor's degree in | ||
history and a master's degree in education administration from | ||
Texas A&M University; he began his 34-year career in education in | ||
his hometown in 1960, and he worked in a number of capacities over | ||
the following decades, teaching high school history, serving as a | ||
middle school principal, performing administrative work in the | ||
district's central office, and becoming a federal programs | ||
coordinator; he retired from the public schools in 1994; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Salinas has taught in the Starr County juvenile | ||
detention facility for five years and also teaches children from | ||
Mexico to speak English; a Catholic deacon for more than three | ||
decades, he is presently assigned to Sacred Heart parish in Starr | ||
County and to the county's juvenile detention facility; in | ||
addition, he is involved in promoting tours of Rio Grande City and | ||
the surrounding area, and he has published articles in the Monitor, | ||
a Rio Grande Valley newspaper; in his spare time, he collects local | ||
stories and legends and loves to read, particularly history books; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, In all of his endeavors, Mr. Salinas enjoys the love | ||
and support of his wife, Sylvia, with whom he has shared 38 years, | ||
his two children, Dr. Dora Sylvia Salinas Garcia and her husband, | ||
Americo, and Juan Carlos Salinas, and his two grandchildren; and | ||
WHEREAS, R. C. Salinas has garnered the lasting respect and | ||
admiration of his fellow citizens through his commitment to | ||
education and to the young people of Starr County, and he is indeed | ||
deserving of special recognition; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby honor R. C. Salinas, Jr., | ||
for his contributions to his community 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. Salinas as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Guillen | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 142 was adopted by the House on June | ||
28, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||