Bill Text: TX HR1803 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Mike and Judy Muzyczyn of the Kleberg County Airport on their selection as the 2011 General Aviation Management Team of the Year by the Texas Department of Transportation, Aviation Division.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-20 - Reported enrolled [HR1803 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR1803-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1803 |
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WHEREAS, Mike and Judy Muzyczyn of the Kleberg County Airport | ||
are being recognized as the 2011 General Aviation Airport | ||
Management Team of the Year by the Texas Department of | ||
Transportation, Aviation Division, on May 26, 2011; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Muzyczyn are both champions of the | ||
Kleberg County Airport; Mr. Muzyczyn is the president of Mike's | ||
Aircraft Shop and the airport manager, and Mrs. Muzyczyn is a member | ||
of the airport's management team; and | ||
WHEREAS, For more than 25 years, Mrs. Muzyczyn has been | ||
organizing fly-ins, air shows, and Young Eagle events to engage the | ||
local community and demonstrate what the airport has to offer; she | ||
has also been an advocate for the airport's infrastructure, | ||
securing financial resources to maintain its pavement and to repair | ||
and remodel the terminal area; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mrs. Muzyczyn brought together a group of airport | ||
supporters in the summer of 2010 to request reestablishment of the | ||
Airport Advisory Commission from the Kleberg County Commissioners | ||
Court, and she and her husband, along with eight other members of | ||
the community, were appointed to the commission; they have created | ||
a new website for the airport and are exploring other economic | ||
development strategies; and | ||
WHEREAS, A certified A&P aircraft mechanic since 1961, Mr. | ||
Muzyczyn was born in the Ukraine in 1939; his family evaded the Nazi | ||
army for five years before being captured and placed on trains | ||
headed for Auschwitz, but the prisoners overpowered their captors | ||
and managed to escape; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Muzyczyn and his family came to America in 1950, | ||
settling in New Jersey, and he graduated from the Teterboro School | ||
of Aeronautics in 1961; he joined the navy and spent his career in | ||
the military stationed at Corpus Christi, receiving an honorable | ||
discharge in 1965 and subsequently working at an aircraft shop at | ||
Cuddihy Field until it closed in 1983; and | ||
WHEREAS, In early 2011, Mr. Muzyczyn was recognized by the | ||
Federal Aviation Administration with the Charles Taylor Master | ||
Mechanic Award for his 50 years of service to the aviation | ||
community; and | ||
WHEREAS, The tireless efforts of Mike and Judy Muzyczyn have | ||
indeed benefited their fellow aviators and Kleberg County | ||
residents, and they are truly worthy of this prestigious honor; | ||
now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Mike and Judy Muzyczyn on their | ||
selection as the 2011 General Aviation Management Team of the Year | ||
by the Texas Department of Transportation, Aviation Division, and | ||
extend to them sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mr. and Mrs. Muzyczyn as an expression of high regard | ||
by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Lozano | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1803 was adopted by the House on May | ||
19, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||