|
|
|
R E S O L U T I O N
|
|
WHEREAS, Six Flags Over Texas is celebrating its 50th |
|
anniversary in 2011; located in Arlington, the park has entertained |
|
an estimated 100 million people since its opening on August 5, 1961; |
|
and |
|
WHEREAS, Founded by Angus G. Wynne, Jr., of the Great |
|
Southwest Corporation with the help of Arlington mayor Tom |
|
Vandergriff, Six Flags Over Texas was named for the six countries |
|
whose flags have flown over Texas land: Spain, France, Mexico, the |
|
Republic of Texas, the Confederate States of America, and the |
|
United States of America; the park has been so successful it has |
|
become a model for the regional park industry, and today there are |
|
19 Six Flags theme parks in North America; and |
|
WHEREAS, Six Flags Over Texas is credited with helping |
|
Arlington to attract the Texas Rangers major league baseball team |
|
and then Cowboys Stadium, thus enabling Arlington to host the World |
|
Series and the Super Bowl; a leading employer in Arlington and |
|
Tarrant County, the park hires 3,500 seasonal and part-time workers |
|
annually; and |
|
WHEREAS, Through a series of special programs, Six Flags |
|
supports many nonprofit organizations that work to make a |
|
difference in their communities, and among the groups benefiting |
|
from this support are the Boys and Girls Club, Big Brothers Big |
|
Sisters, the Ronald McDonald House, and the Make a Wish Foundation; |
|
and |
|
WHEREAS, With 13 roller coasters, more than at any other |
|
theme park in the south, Six Flags Over Texas has been chosen to |
|
host the 2011 annual convention of the American Coaster |
|
Enthusiasts; and |
|
WHEREAS, Six Flags Over Texas has taken its place as a part of |
|
Texas history even as its owners look forward to the next |
|
half-century, and it is a pleasure to recognize the site of fond |
|
memories for so many Lone Star State families; now, therefore, be it |
|
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
|
Legislature hereby commemorate the 50th anniversary of Six Flags |
|
Over Texas and extend to all those associated with the park sincere |
|
best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
|
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
|
prepared for Six Flags Over Texas as an expression of high regard by |
|
the Texas House of Representatives. |
|
|
Nash |
|
|
|
Straus |
Gonzales of Williamson |
Morrison |
|
|
Aliseda |
Gonzalez |
Munoz, Jr. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Anderson of Dallas |
Hancock |
Orr |
|
|
Anderson of McLennan |
Hardcastle |
Otto |
|
|
|
|
Beck |
Harper-Brown |
Patrick |
|
|
|
|
Bohac |
Hernandez Luna |
Pena |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Burkett |
Howard of Fort Bend |
Pitts |
|
|
Burnam |
Howard of Travis |
Price |
|
|
Button |
Huberty |
Quintanilla |
|
|
|
|
Callegari |
Hunter |
Reynolds |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Christian |
Keffer |
Schwertner |
|
|
Coleman |
King of Parker |
Scott |
|
|
Cook |
King of Taylor |
Sheets |
|
|
Craddick |
King of Zavala |
Sheffield |
|
|
Creighton |
Kleinschmidt |
Shelton |
|
|
Crownover |
Kolkhorst |
Simpson |
|
|
Darby |
Kuempel |
Smith of Harris |
|
|
Davis of Dallas |
Landtroop |
Smith of Tarrant |
|
|
J. Davis of Harris |
Larson |
Smithee |
|
|
S. Davis of Harris |
Laubenberg |
Solomons |
|
|
|
|
Driver |
Legler |
Taylor of Collin |
|
|
Dukes |
Lewis |
Taylor of Galveston |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Farias |
Mallory Caraway |
Veasey |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Frullo |
Martinez Fischer |
Weber |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Giddings |
Miller of Comal |
Zedler |
|
|
Gonzales of Hidalgo |
Miller of Erath |
Zerwas |
|
|
|
|
______________________________ |
|
Speaker of the House |
|
|
I certify that H.R. No. 1489 was adopted by the House on May 4, |
|
2011, by a non-record vote. |
|
|
|
______________________________ |
|
Chief Clerk of the House |
|