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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family-owned businesses that are passed down |
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through the generations contribute to the quality of life in |
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communities across Texas, and Torres Garage of Robstown, which has |
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been in continuous operation for 92 years, is a true Lone Star |
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success story; and |
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WHEREAS, Torres Garage was founded in Brownsville in 1921 by |
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Elias Torres; he later passed the business down to his son, Balde |
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Torres, who moved the shop from Brownsville to West Avenue B in |
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Robstown in 1971; and |
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WHEREAS, The business relocated to its current address on |
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Western Avenue in the early 1980s, and since 2007, the garage has |
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been owned and operated by Balde Torres III, the great-grandson of |
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the founder; with four generations of automotive experience to |
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build upon, Mr. Torres offers area residents general maintenance |
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services for a wide variety of vehicles; and |
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WHEREAS, For nearly a century, from the Ford Model T to the |
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Honda Civic, the Torres family has provided quality automobile |
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service and repair for countless customers in Brownsville and |
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Robstown, and this venerable Texas business is truly deserving of |
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special recognition; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby commend Torres Garage on |
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its 92 years of operation and extend to Balde Torres III and his |
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staff sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the Torres family as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives. |
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Herrero |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2 was adopted by the House on August |
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5, 2013, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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