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TEXAS
May 1986
OUR VALLEY BUREAU at Harlingen has been inun-
dated with school children in recent weeks, as the
school year draws to a close. The last 10 days of April
saw a total of 664 students visit the bureau, with 7
classes ranging from kindergarten to the 7th grade dur-
ing the last week alone. "And we have a full calendar of
visiting classes scheduled ahead," said counselor Roel
Romero. The classes are treated to audiovisual pre-
sentations of Valley attractions and a tour of the
Bureau and grounds.
LACY, the Oklahoma lass who has a rare disease and
can survive only on mother's milk, stopped at our
Tourist Bureau at Denison en route to Dallas. "She's a
sweet, unaffected, courageous child," said counselor
Betty Reynolds, "and we look forward to seeing her
each year when she visits Texas for her birthday."
Lacy, her mother, and several of her donors planned
to celebrate Lacy's fifth birthday at Six Flags Over
Texas.
SEVERAL BUREAUS REPORT that the new "Don't
Mess With Texas" litter bags are a hit with visitors to the
state. And a local Amarillo television station inter-
viewed bureau manager Rosemary Montes there
about the antilitter campaign.
COUNSELOR CYNTHIA WALKER of our Tourist
Bureau at Gainesville, who gained some amount of
fame last fall when she consumed a 72-oz. steak,
helped out at a charity booth at the recent Germanfest
in nearby Muenster - serving up ice cream and
cookies. "Having Cindy help at a food booth is like
turning Bonnie and Clyde loose in a bank vault,"
laughed fellow counselor R. J. Johnson.
AS PROMISED, here are the names and Tourist/Visitor
Bureaus of the 8 new Certified Professional Travel
Counselors: Darlene Jones and Tonji Rudd,
Waskom; Sonda and Taura Landry, Orange; Toni
Rodriguez, Anthony; Roel Romero, Valley; Mary
Ulrich, Capitol; and Cynthia Walker, Gainesville.
Congratulations to each!CONGRATULATIONS ARE ALSO IN ORDER for
Barbara P. Baxter, assistant manager of our Tourist
Bureau at Wichita Falls. Gov. Mark White presented
Texas' highest hospitality award, "The Roadrunner
Award," to the 12-year travel-counselor veteran at the
annual Texas Travel Counselors Conference in Austin
last month.
NATIONAL TOURISM WEEK will be celebrated in
Austin May 20 by the Discover Texas Association with
a gala reception and dinner. Included will be a special
salute to our Texas Tourist Bureaus, now in their
50th year of service to visitors, and to Travel and Infor-
mation Division Director Tom H. Taylor.OUR CAPITAL VISITOR CENTER operates an
information booth in the lobby of the D. C. Greer State
Highway building, an outstanding example of the art
deco architecture popular during the Great Depres-
sion. A recent visitor to the booth was Mrs. Donald
B. Miller of Prescott, AZ, whose father was a con-
sulting architect for the project when the building was
constructed in 1932. She took a number of snapshots
of the lobby and the exterior to show her son, also an
architect, who had never seen the structure.
ODDS 'N ENDS AROUND THE BUREAUS...The
first stop - right at the border! - of country-western
singing star Loretta Lynn's 1986 Texas tour was at
our Tourist Bureau at Texarkana, where counselor
Estelle Reaves loaded her band down with maps and
literature on cities and attractions along their
route.. Rosemary Montes, manager of our Bureau
at Amarillo, is serving on the National Tourism Week
Committee that is developing a special program to be
held for area tourism folks as well as the general
public...After four long years of correspondence
study, TSgt Archie (Skip) Birkner, Texas Army
National Guard, finally earned his diploma from the
Command Noncommissioned Officer Academy. Skip
is manager of our Bureau at Anthony.
TEXAS TRIVIA: What was the world's first public air-
conditioned building?
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; O -"IS IT ILLEGAL TO PICK WILD FLOWERS?"
That's a question often asked our Texas Travel
Counselors. The answer is that while there is no
specific law addressing the subject, the reckless
destruction of property, which includes trees, shrubs
and wild flowers on highway right-of-way and in state
parks and recreation areas, is a Class C misdemeanor
under Article 28.04 of The Penal Code. Violators may
be fined up to $200 for each offense. (Besides, wild
flowers wilt almost immediately after picking.)STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
TRAVEL AND INFORMATION DIVISION AUSTIN, TEXAS 78701
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