Proc. 2011-07 AT&T Dat at Sam Houston State University 12-10-10PROCLAMATION
NO* 2011-wO7
WHEREAS the James and Nancy Gaertner Performing Arts Center at Sam Houston State University is
featured on the cover of the new 2010 AT &T Real Yellow Pages directory searing the
Huntsville area; and
WHEREAS the Center, dedicated inAugust 201o, serves as a focal pointfor the University, andfbatures
several performances annually by students, faculty, and professionals, including an
appearance by the Houston Symphony Orchestra on October 29,201o; and
WHEREAS the Center encompasses more than ioo,000 square feet, cost $38.5 million to build, and
includes practice studios for theatre, dance and music, fatuity offices, set design and
building spaces, costume design and wardroom facilities, and also features seven
installations of "public art" sculpture, mosaics, and murals— especially commissioned
for the Center; and
WHEREAS more than 5o,000 copies of thisAT &TReal Yellow Pages directory have been produced for
distribution in the area this year and
WHEREAS AT &T has become a sponsor ofthe. SHSUfootball scoreboard, and theAT &T Real Yellow
Pages has been a'sponsor for the scoreboard in Johnson Coliseum; and
WHEREAS AT &T Real Yellow Pages Southeast Texas Area Marketing Manager Edwin Graves has
joined us today to celebrate AT &T's support of Sam Houston State University.
NO THEREFORE, BE ITHEREBYPROCLALKED, by the power vested in me as
- Mayor of the City of Huntsville, Texas that.
December 10, 2010
be declared. "AT &T Day at Sam Houston State University"
in the City of Huntsville and call upon our citizens to join in the celebration of this
meaningful establishment in our community.
PROCLAIMED AND SIGNED this the loth day of December, 2010.
J. Turner, Mayor