H.R. No. 767

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Robbie and Marie Hawes have closed their business,
	Boathouse Bait, concluding nearly two decades of service to the
	Port O'Connor fishing community; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Hawes began working as a shrimper in 1968 at the
	age of 23; in 1996, he and Mrs. Hawes opened Boathouse Bait, selling
	shrimp and croaker to other fishermen as a way to supplement their
	income from shrimping; and
	WHEREAS, Over the years, the bait shop became the couple's
	full-time business, and in 2006 they built a bigger building with
	four 20-foot-long cement tanks and four large round tanks to hold
	the bait; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Hawes employed a staff to sell the
	bait, but Mr. Hawes himself rose at 2:30 every morning to clean the
	tanks and separate the croaker, and at 4:30, he took his boat, the
	Pusservin, out into the Gulf of Mexico to catch more bait; then,
	before he left work at 9:00 every evening, he checked the pumps and
	cleaned the tanks again; and
	WHEREAS, For nearly two decades, Boathouse Bait has been a
	signature business in Port O'Connor, and Mr. and Mrs. Hawes may
	take great pride in the affection and respect they have earned from
	their many longtime customers as they embark upon the next exciting
	chapter of their lives; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
	Legislature hereby commemorate the closing of Boathouse Bait in
	Port O'Connor and extend to Robbie and Marie Hawes sincere best
	wishes for the future; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for Mr. and Mrs. Hawes as an expression of high regard by
	the Texas House of Representatives.
	Morrison
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	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 767 was adopted by the House on March
	12, 2015, by a non-record vote.
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	Chief Clerk of the House