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Facility Naming and Recognition Advisory Committee Meeting 040522
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I
know
a
lot
of
people
are
going
to
appreciate
this
and
they're
going
to
love
that
park
and
they
are
ambassadors
to
the
game,
but
also
they
gave
a
lot
to
the
sport
and
in
so
doing
we
were
enriched
I'm
one
of
them.
My
role
models
were
three
and
these
kids.
They
grew
up,
they
learned
tennis
and
they
got
scholarships
in
the
70s.
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Read
a
little
bit
here:
okay,
honorable
members
of
the
commission,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
my
name
is
john
hunts
nursery.
I
am
here
in
person
on
behalf
of
the
weiner
family.
His
four
children
live
out
of
town
mike
lives
in
maryland,
kathy
day
lives
in
georgia,
barbara
de
lance
lives
in
arizona
and
david
lives
in
kirby.
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Mr
whiter
was
the
director
and
attendance
pro
at
market
tennis
courts
and
he
volunteered
countless
hours
of
teaching
and
coaching
many
kids
and
adults
from
the
70s
1970s
to
the
1980s
and
impacted
hundreds
of
athletes
that
they
grew
up
to
be
outstanding
leaders
of
this
community
for
the
underprivileged,
kids,
mr
whiter
provided
tennis
rackets.
He
gave
away
tennis
shoes,
tennis
clothing.
Mr
weiner
had
a
tennis
pro
shop
at
marcus
tennis
courts
and
on
fragrance
street
next
to
the
old
hue
grocery
store.
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Because
of
mr
weiner
was
so
widely
known
in
texas
and
mexico.
He
invited
many
tennis
players
to
participate
and
compete
in
two
large
local
tennis
terminals,
sponsored
by
the
regular
tennis
association,
the
laredo
spring
opened
and
the
lord
will
fall
open
average
entries
to
each
tournament
would
run
between
500
to
700
tennis
players.
This
is
unheard
of
today.
It
does
not
exist
because
of
these
two
large
tournaments.
Each
year
there
was
a
huge
boost
in
the
lord's
economy.
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I
continue
to
be
very
involved
in
different
capacities
as
a
tennis
coach,
a
tournament
director
for
the
city
of
gerard,
a
board
member
pass
board
member
florida,
tennessee
association
and
the
united
states,
tennis
association,
tennis,
official
yearly.
The
laredo
tennis
association
has
a
tournament
for
its
volunteers
and
is
named
after
perry.
Weiner
volunteer,
invitational,
dentistry.
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Historic
landmark
tennis
court
in
a
historic
neighborhood
to
the
thomas
prairie,
weiner,
tennis
courts.
I
just
want
to
go
over
a
little
bit
what
he
was
a
member
of.
He
was
a
life
member
of
the
international
tennis
hall
of
fame.
He
was
a
master
professional
of
the
united
states,
professional
tennis
association.
He
was.
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He
was
a
united
states,
racket,
streamers
association,
master,
stringer,
professional
strangers,
association,
master
stringer
in
2006,
the
laravel
tennis
association,
recognized
perry
weiner
for
35
years
for
being
number
one.
Tennis
ambassador,
mr
weiner,
had
an
air
and
heating
company
and
in
the
1980s,
was
an
acn
heating
instructor
at
the
river
junior
college.
At
that
time.
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I
didn't
know
perry
back
in
the
70s
or
80s
I
caught
him
at
the
end
of
his
career.
He
was,
I
was.
I
started
playing
tennis
in
the
united
high
school
open
tournaments
right
and
you
know
I
was
just
a
beginner
tennis
player,
but
I
noticed
this
old
guy.
You
know
stringing
rackets
and
you
know
the
kids
would
come
up
there
and
give
him
the
racket
and
he'd
scream.
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There
wasn't
much
interaction,
much
talking
just
they
just
hammered
his
stream.
You
know
not
charging
him
anything,
and
you
know
just
humbly
doing
that
and
I
I
was
really
impressed
with
that.
It
was
like
you
know,
he's
really
sacrificing
for
the
good
of
the
game,
and
you
know
that's
how
I
knew
him
just
just
that
little
window.
When
did
you
start
playing?
I
would
be
about
17.
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I
I
would
like
to
quickly
mention
a
few
of
my
clearest
memories
of
watching
my
dad
build
the
first
practice
wall
at
the
court,
preparing
the
nets
and
claiming
the
court
after
storm
organizing,
promoting
many
tournaments,
especially
making
up
the
draws,
which
was
a
very
complicated
process
and
also
especially
stringing
rackets.
He
often
strung
wrapped
this
for
free.
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We
were
also
aware
of
all
the
hours
he
spent
attending
meetings
and
submitting
data
for
the
funding
of
the
market
street
courts
and
designing
and
supervising
the
construction
of
the
courts.
Hurry
always
spoke
with
pride
of
his
accomplishments
at
the
market
street
court
course,
which
included
being
director
of
the
courts
for
several
years.
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Good
evening,
everyone
good
evening
committee,
members
of
the
city
of
laredo
facility
naming
and
recognition
commission,
I'm
victor
vargas
iii,
the
chair
of
the
city
parks
and
recreation
committee.
However,
today
I
come
here
before
you
to
advocate
support
for
the
na
to
name
the
market
street
tennis
courts.
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After
mr
george,
santiago,
george,
santiago,
papas
was
born
and
a
native
life-long
lorena
wind,
having
grown
up
in
the
neighborhood
of
which
is
actually
a
few
blocks
from
here,
having
graduated
as
a
champion
tennis
player
from
laredo,
now,
martin
high
school
as
an
extraordinary
student
athlete
in
1935.,
mr
george,
papas
was
married
to
nieves
papas
in
which
they
had
four
daughters.
The
sarah
papasu
has
now
passed
on.
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Mr
papa
achieved
great
success
as
a
student
having
been
the
only
the
right
wing
to
win
city,
county
district
and
regional
titles
before
reaching
the
state
levels.
At
the
time
mr
pompous
was
involved
in
the
marquette
street
tennis
course,
since
they
were
merely
a
concept
and
nationally
promoted
their
importance
to
making
tennis
accessible
to
all
beginning
with
his
children,
grandchildren
and
area
students
regularly
offering
free
coaching
skills
and
gifting
free
tennis,
rackets
and
tennis
balls
to
low-income
students.
Mr
papas
was
no
stranger
to
our
community.
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Good
evening
committee
and
everyone
present,
I'm
of
the
four
daughters
of
george
and
nieves
papas
of
laredo,
and
I
speak
on
behalf
of
the
papa's
family,
including
my
sisters,
silly
that
bacchus
borchers
and
senator
judah
suffolini.
Our
parents
left
laredo,
where
they
were
born,
lived
on
their
lives
and
died.
They
instilled
that
lovingness,
which
is
why
the
three
of
us
still
live
here.
We
prepared
a
packet
for
you
that
begins
with
an
overview
of
mr
tennis
of
the
raid.
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Our
packet
includes
wonderful
newspaper
articles
with
headlines,
such
as
george
fappas
remains
king
of
the
red
tennis
players
and
references
to
him
as
a
tennis,
hero
and
ace
player.
With
a
starving
and
brilliant
record,
including
the
only
narrator
win
to
win
city,
county
district
and
regional
championships
years
later,
when
rodrigo
delano
won
a
state
tennis
championship,
the
laredo
times
quoted
him
as
saying
whatever
success
I
may
have
achieved.
I
attribute
to
the
splendid
coaching
of
george
papas.
He
deserves
a
great
deal
of
credit
for
teaching
me
a
good
deal
of
tips.
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It
was
difficult
to
choose
which
of
so
many
articles
to
include
in
your
packet,
but
we
couldn't
resist,
including
on
page
three,
a
1973
photo
of
my
daughter
chanel.
She
was
only
two
but
my
mother
had
dressed
her.
In
tennis,
whites
bought
her
a
little
racquet
and
took
her
out
to
the
market
street
court.
12
years
later,
he
took
his
only
grandson
and
three-year-old
carlosate
junior
to
play
there,
carrying,
of
course,
his
little
racket
and
wearing
tennis
whites.
My
father
devoted
himself
to
making
tennis
more
available
accessible
and
affordable
to
our
hometown.
J
He
and
his
brother,
for
example,
poured
the
slab
for
the
first
tennis
court
at
the
raider
junior
college
and
built
it
with
their
friends,
even
as
he
championed
building
tennis
courts
at
all.
The
schools
and
at
the
old
casablanca
country
club
he
coached
on
what
a
1943
newspaper
article
described
as
an
empty
yard
on
hidalgo
street,
which
others
may
not
have
dignified
by
calling
it
a
court.
J
He
was
at
the
forefront
of
building
the
marcus
records
and
he
played
and
coached
there,
mostly
without
charging
from
its
beginning
until
his
illness
and
death
of
1989.,
many
narratives
over
the
years
have
talked
about
naming
these
courts
to
memorialize
these
contributions.
I
hope
you
agree.
Thank
you
for
your
consideration.
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To
mr
peppa's
is
a
little
bit
different,
obviously
I'm
not
an
athlete,
but
I
did
teach
girls
at
the
girl
scout
house,
which
is
right
next
to
the
course.
So
that's
how
I
kind
of
learned
about
the
project
and
was
interested,
and
so
I
will
be
speaking
on
behalf
of
the
papa's
family
as
well.
Okay,
george
papas
inspired
players
of
all
ages
and
made
the
world
of
tennis
available
to
students
who
otherwise
couldn't
have
played.
G
I
hope
you
will
read
the
many
touching
letters
in
your
packets.
Raul
rodriguez,
for
example,
writes
about
growing
up
four
near
the
market
street
courts,
and
he
said
mr
papas
wrote
he
would
always
help
me
and
every
player
that
would
go
to
the
tennis
courts.
He
would
be
there
from
early
in
the
morning
to
late
at
night,
hot
or
cold
weather.
He
would
be
there.
I
never
charged
a
penny
for
his
coaching
or
advice.
I
was
very
poor
growing
up
and
had
no
way
of
paying
him,
but
his
health
was
very,
very
valuable.
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Laura
martinez
writes
in
the
1980s
when
mr
papas
was
elderly.
He
still
went
to
the
market
tennis
courts
daily
generously,
offering
his
advice
and
giving
tennis
rackets
and
balls
to
any
of
us
who
couldn't
afford
them.
That's
how
my
friends
and
I
from
the
columbia
wellington
george
haynes,
writes
about
how
mr
pappas
was
a
pro
bono
instructor
for
him
and
other
laredo
junior
college
students
and
describes
him
as
a
one-man,
self-appointed
ambassador
of
tennis,
george.
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Javier
sandoz
writes
the
naming
of
the
george
butler's
tennis
courts
would
be
a
most
fitting
tribute
to
the
laredoine,
who
did
more
of
her
tennis
for
generations
than
anyone
else
from
his
shining
days
as
a
star
athlete
at
martin
high
school
to
his
years
as
a
fierce
tennis
player
and
inspirational
coach
who
led
others
to
excel
his
legacy
is
unmatched.
I
hope
you
will
honor
his
unmatched
legacy
with
the
naming
of
the
george
bacon's
market
street
courts.
Thank
you.
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Okay,
so
I
think
what
we
came
up
with
when
we
first
started
this.
I
don't
know,
maybe
a
few
years
ago,
right
before
the
cove.
Anyway,
we
came
up
with
our
policy
which
we're
following
or
adhering
to
then
came
up
with
a
criteria
and
usually
what
we
do
when
we
get
a
request.
If
we
go
through
just
10
bullet
points-
and
I'm
sure
mr
pappas
and
mr
weidner
are
fine,
we
go
through
these
points,
but
we
have
to
go
through
them
just
for
the
purposes
of
following
protocol
right.
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I
have
a
question
about
that
right
now,
what
it,
what
are?
They
called
just
the
market
course
market
tennis
course
mark
and
there's
a
sign
out.
There
says
market
tennis
courts.
Yes,
yes
or
there's
no
name
on
them.
Okay,
avoid
using
corporate
names,
we're
not
going
to
use
corporate
names,
avoid
naming
facilities
for
department,
city
employees
or
elected
officials.
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A
Consider
the
coordination
between
the
facility
and
the
recommended
name:
okay,
that
definitely
applies
both
tennis
and
their
tennis
courts,
both
tennis
players
with
tennis
courts
right
consider
public
obtaining
comments
presented
to
the
commission
regarding
proposed
names.
Again,
both
sides
spoke.
I
think
it
was
three
to
three
with
one
person
on
the
phone
and
avoid
individuals
that
have
been
convicted
of
a
felony.
A
So
now
we
have
to
do
as
as
a
board
is
discuss
this
and
my
my
first
question.
Actually.
My
first
statement
is
this:
since
I'm
the
chairperson
and
I
played
tennis,
and
I
grew
up
playing
tennis
since
I
was
nine
or
ten
years
old,
I
had
the
privilege
of
taking
lessons
with
perry
and
with
mr
pappas,
and
I
remember
I
remember,
of
a
very
good
memory
and
I
remember
the
day.
A
You
know
I
gotta
keep
going
because
you
know
because
you're
so
good
right,
you
know
so
so
good
with
us,
richie
came
back
and
of
course
we
continue
on
for
about
another
hour,
and
that
was
the
last
the
last
lesson
it
took
with
him.
I
took
several
and
mr
perry.
I
took
he
would
watch
us
out
there
in
the
tennis
courts
at
market,
but
where
I
took
with
him
was
that
nobody,
because
I
think
paul
young
hired
him
back
when
he
I
think
he
put
six
tennis
courts.
A
A
One's
pretty
good
and-
and
today's
standards
I
think
you
know,
somebody's
arm-
would
definitely
fall
off
of
that
right
and
but
he
he
taught
us
very
many
lessons.
Just
what
mr
papas
did.
So
I
took
lessons
from
both
parties,
which
is
pretty
amazing,
which
tells
me
one
thing
and
one
thing
only
that
they
were
highly
enthusiastic
people.
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K
K
A
Well,
you
think
it's
going
to
be
hard,
he
taught
my
uncle
how
to
play
tennis
and
he
became
a
state
champion
and
then
and
then
I
was
very
enthusiastically
taught
by
mr
perry
and
I
went
on
to
john.
You
can
tennis
camp
and
I
you
know
so
he
taught
me
how
to
you
know
and
I,
but
I
thought
that
was.
I
got
lessons
with
both
of
them.
You
think
you're
gonna
have
a
tough
job.
A
I
wouldn't
have
a
tough
job
because
they
were
both.
They
were
both.
You
know,
heroes
of
mine.
When
I
was
a
kid
so
I
wish
I
wish
we
could
split
up
the
tennis
courts
into
two,
but
we
can't
and-
and
you
know
one
of
the
ideas
is
to
name
each
court.
I
think
that
would
be
probably
kind
of
difficult,
but
the
you
know
the.
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B
L
C
I
think
say
what
he
said.
If
I
had
to
vote
for
right
now.
I
personally
would
go
with
papa,
because
the
seat
is
more
of
a
senior
than
somebody
else.
If
you
have
to,
if
you
can
recommend
both
that'd
be
great.
In
my
opinion,
is
you
know
what
they're
they're
they're
close?
The
only
difference
is,
he
was
a
lot
he
was.
He
was
around
a
lot
longer
then,
and.
A
This
is
just
kind
of
a
right
we're
a
little
brainstorming
session
here,
because
we're
in
this
spot
with
any
of
the
families
or
the
people
representing
mr
weidner
or
mr
pappas
object
to
possibly
throwing
this
recommendation
back
at
him.
The
papas
perry,
tennis
courts,
market
tennis
course
or
yeah
center
complex.
Whatever
you
know,
maybe
I
wish
we
could
do
you
said
that
that
there's
more
than
just
tennis
courts
out
there
right.
G
A
F
A
F
L
L
F
L
L
C
C
A
K
Think
that
with
me
and
I'm
not
being
so
aware
of
the
biography
of
these
two
gentlemen,
I
cannot
make
a
good
decision
as
far
as
naming
them,
but
all
seeing
what
has
to
say
and
then
what
nathan
has
to
say.
I
mean
we
can
either
or
go
with
the
george
s,
papas
market
tennis
court
or
the
george
f
papa's,
perry,
weiner
marketing,
sport.
A
A
A
A
A
A
One
two:
three:
we've
got
the
majority:
okay,
so
so
be
it.
It
shall
be
called
the
well
remember
this
is
just
a
recommendation,
so
we
are
recommending,
based
on
the
motion
based
on
the
votes
that
we
send
this
back
to
the
council,
with
a
recommendation
of
naming
it.
The
george
papas
market
tennis
courts,
correct
george.
C
E
A
Just
for
the
record,
like
I
said,
I'm
the
only
one
that
took
lessons
from
both
yeah
and
you
know.
Sometimes
you
know
this
is
the
first
time
I've
ever
come
into
this
situation,
but
I
remember
mr
perry
fondly
have
very
good
memories
of
him
and,
mr
papas
so
they're,
both
very
worthy
individuals,
and
I
think
they
both
deserve
their
name
on
the
you
know
on
the
tennis
courts.
A
K
A
E
C
Let
them
know
that
it
was
very
tight.
I
mean
literally
photo
finish
because
I
know
that
the
market
courts
have
a
championship
point
where
they
play
the
final.
I'm
part
of
border
olympics
so
pretty
much
yeah
the
center
court
right
right,
yeah,
because
we
have
them
at
all
our
schools
too.
Yes,
sir,
that
may
be
considered
when
they
named
the
whole
court
that
they
named.
Maybe
the
consideration
that
the
the
final
court
under
his
name,
because
we've
done
that
you
know
that's
a
very
good.