Bill Text: TX SR182 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Race Ricketts for his career in country and western music.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-02-21 - Reported enrolled [SR182 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR182-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, Country and western performer Race Ricketts has | ||
brought great credit to Young County; and | ||
WHEREAS, The son of Jamie and Roger Ricketts, Race Ricketts | ||
was born in Graham, the seat of Young County, and he attended | ||
public school in Olney; he became involved with Graham Regional | ||
Theatre as a youth, and he also participated in the UIL One-Act | ||
Play contest and sang and acted in musicals at First Baptist | ||
Church of Olney; he went on to major in drama at the University of | ||
Oklahoma, graduating with a perfect 4.0 grade point average; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 2022, Mr. Ricketts won the annual Larry Joe | ||
Taylor Songwriter Showcase with "940," a song he wrote in tribute | ||
to Young County and its telephone area code; the song became his | ||
first release, and it quickly gained popularity with radio | ||
listeners of KFWR 95.9 in Fort Worth; and | ||
WHEREAS, Although Mr. Ricketts has begun touring in 2023, | ||
he maintains a home base in Olney; there, he has performed at | ||
several events supporting such organizations as the American | ||
Legion, the Olney Chamber of Commerce, the Olney Recreation | ||
Association, and the Graham Theater in the Square; and | ||
WHEREAS, Race Ricketts is a source of great pride to Young | ||
County, and his contributions to the community indeed merit | ||
special recognition; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
Legislature, hereby congratulate Race Ricketts on his career in | ||
country and western music and extend to him sincere best wishes | ||
for continued success; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
prepared for Mr. Ricketts as an expression of high regard from | ||
the Texas Senate. | ||
Springer | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on February 21, 2023. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |