Bill Text: TX HR409 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 90th anniversary of Camp La Junta in Hunt.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-14 - Reported enrolled [HR409 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR409-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 409 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Camp La Junta in Hunt celebrated its 90th | ||
| anniversary in 2018, and the occasion provides a fitting | ||
| opportunity to reflect on the camp's rich history; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Named for an Indian word that means "the gathering | ||
| place," Camp La Junta traces its roots to 1928, when Dr. Ferdinand | ||
| Walsh invited four children to spend the summer at his Hill Country | ||
| home, located at the convergence of the north and south forks of the | ||
| Guadalupe River; by the following year, he had built three small | ||
| cabins near his house to accommodate 30 boys who spent eight weeks | ||
| at the camp; in 1931, Dr. Walsh and his son, Ralph, purchased an | ||
| adjacent piece of property, which remains the main grounds of Camp | ||
| La Junta; and | ||
| WHEREAS, During the 1940s, the camp was sold to E. C. Gandy | ||
| of Corpus Christi; Luther and Tal Graham joined the staff to run the | ||
| horseback riding program in 1948, and the couple purchased the camp | ||
| in 1956; after their son, Larry, came home from his service in the | ||
| U.S. Navy in 1969, he introduced a waterfront program and the | ||
| Advanced Camper Program, and he continues to serve as director | ||
| emeritus; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Today, Camp La Junta benefits from the leadership of | ||
| its owners, David Domingue and Blake and Cheryl Smith, and its camp | ||
| directors, Scott and Katie Fineske, who oversee a wide variety of | ||
| exciting activities, including horseback riding, mountain biking, | ||
| shooting sports, tennis, archery, and waterborne activities such as | ||
| kayaking, sailing, scuba diving, and swimming; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For nine decades, Camp La Junta has provided a | ||
| nurturing, challenging, and safe environment for young men to | ||
| experience the outdoors, gain new skills, build character, and | ||
| learn self-confidence, and it is truly deserving of special | ||
| recognition; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commemorate the 90th anniversary of Camp La | ||
| Junta and extend to the camp's management and staff sincere best | ||
| wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the facility as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Murr | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 409 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 13, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
