Bill Text: TX HR145 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring the San Angelo Standard-Times as a Texas Treasure Business Award recipient.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-02-21 - Reported enrolled [HR145 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR145-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 145 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The San Angelo Standard-Times celebrated its 125th | ||
| anniversary in 2009 and was honored with a Texas Treasure Business | ||
| Award from the Texas Historical Commission; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Created in 2005, the Texas Treasure Business Award | ||
| recognizes the contributions of Texas-based businesses that have | ||
| been in continuous operation for at least 50 years; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The San Angelo Standard-Times was established in | ||
| 1884, five years before the railroad came to town; in its first | ||
| issue, owners and editors W. A. Guthrie and J. G. Murphy described | ||
| how the Standard-Times would contribute to the prosperity of Tom | ||
| Green County by advertising the area's advantage for | ||
| "stock-raising, farming, and manufacturing"; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Now owned by The E. W. Scripps Company, the | ||
| Standard-Times is a leading news source for residents in a | ||
| 39-county region of central and west Texas; among numerous other | ||
| distinctions, it was named the 2008 Newspaper of the Year in both | ||
| the print and online categories of its circulation class by the | ||
| Texas Associated Press Managing Editors; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The San Angelo Standard-Times has built an | ||
| outstanding record over the course of its nearly 130-year history, | ||
| and it continues to play a vital role in the community by keeping | ||
| citizens informed on matters of local, state, and national | ||
| significance; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby honor the San Angelo Standard-Times as a Texas | ||
| Treasure Business Award recipient and commend the many people who | ||
| have contributed to the paper's success through the years; and, be | ||
| it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the San Angelo Standard-Times as an expression of high | ||
| regard by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Darby | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 145 was adopted by the House on | ||
| February 18, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
