43-Mayor's CupProclamation 2005-43
WHEREAS The Mayor’s Cup is sponsored jointly by the Mayors of Conroe and Huntsville in the Spirit of Good Sportsmanship; and
WHEREAS The Mayor’s Cup was established in 1988 by Conroe Mayor Carl Barton and Huntsville Mayor Jane Monday; and
WHEREAS Over the past seventeen years Huntsville and Conroe football teams
have competed against each other fourteen times for the honor of
taking home the Mayor’s Cup; and
WHEREAS Huntsville has proudly held the Mayor’s Cup eight times during these
years as opposed to Conroe having held the Cup six times; and
WHEREAS The memories and friendships that have been created over the years
as a result of this rivalry will last for many years to come in the
hearts and minds of all that took part in creating and maintaining the Mayor’s Cup in both cities; and
WHEREAS Our Hornets brought the Mayor’s Cup back to Huntsville for the first
time in ten years this year with a win over the Tigers 24-21; and
WHEREAS Even Hurricane Rita couldn’t stop the outstanding performance of the Hornets football team and the spirit all of us felt at this victory;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY PROCLAIMED, by the power vested in me as Mayor of the City of Huntsville, Texas, that:
December 12, 2005
be declared:
“Huntsville vs. Conroe Mayor’s Cup Day”
in Huntsville, Texas.
PROCLAIMED AND SIGNED this the 12th day of February, 2005.
THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS
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J. TURNER, MAYOR