Bill Text: TX HR20 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Arlington Public Library.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-11-02 - Reported enrolled [HR20 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR20-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Arlington Public Library.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-11-02 - Reported enrolled [HR20 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR20-Introduced.html
88S30580 JRI-D | ||
By: Turner | H.R. No. 20 |
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WHEREAS, The centennial of the Arlington Public Library | ||
offers a welcome opportunity to recognize the institution's many | ||
years of service to the community; and | ||
WHEREAS, The library is celebrating the anniversary with a | ||
series of events over a 10-week period in the fall of 2023, | ||
including a gala on November 4 hosted by the Friends and Foundation | ||
of the Arlington Public Library; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Arlington Public Library was established on | ||
March 23, 1923, when librarian Pearl Wade managed a book collection | ||
from the Tarrant County Free Library; today, APL serves more than | ||
1.5 million people each year at its seven branches, the East Library | ||
and Recreation Center, Ron Wright Lake Arlington Branch Library, | ||
Northeast Branch Library, Southeast Branch Library, Southwest | ||
Branch Library, Woodland West Branch Library, and George W. Hawkes | ||
Downtown Library, which opened in 2018; and | ||
WHEREAS, Currently led by its director, Norma Zuniga, the | ||
library provides local residents with access to hundreds of | ||
thousands of books, audiobooks, e-books, DVDs, digital photo | ||
collections, genealogy resources, and kits for parents and | ||
teachers, as well as a variety of educational programs for children | ||
and adults; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Arlington Public Library has been a cherished | ||
resource to generations of area residents, and it is a privilege to | ||
join in celebrating the organization's rich history and the | ||
exceptional work of the many staff members, volunteers, and | ||
supporters who have sustained its mission over the past century; | ||
now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby commemorate the 100th | ||
anniversary of the Arlington Public Library and extend to all those | ||
associated with the library sincere best wishes for the future; | ||
and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the library as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. |