By: Nelson S.R. No. 646 1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION 1-2 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins with 1-3 the family and friends of Clint Cox of Paradise, Texas, in 1-4 congratulating him on winning a grand prize in a national trading 1-5 card contest; and 1-6 WHEREAS, The nationwide contest sponsored by Club Pro Sets, 1-7 a company which designs trading cards with educational information, 1-8 awarded prizes to students who designed their own cards; and 1-9 WHEREAS, A sixth-grade student at Paradise Elementary School, 1-10 Clint is in the school's gifted and talented program, Paradise 1-11 Academic Creative Education; and 1-12 WHEREAS, His class accepted the challenge in December 1992 1-13 and agreed on designing an "illustrated idiom"--a phrase with 1-14 nonliteral meaning; and 1-15 WHEREAS, Clint's illustration of "the robber held up the bank" 1-16 depicted a muscular person holding a bank and was chosen as the 1-17 class entry; and 1-18 WHEREAS, Entries were judged by the company on originality 1-19 and creativity and as a fun learning activity; Clint was one of 1-20 nine contestants to win a grand prize; and 1-21 WHEREAS, Clint's prizes included 40 sets of Club Pro Set 1-22 cards for the school, a set of Club Pro Set binders for each member 1-23 of the Paradise Academic Creative Education program, and a free trip 2-1 for the teacher; and 2-2 WHEREAS, The outstanding accomplishment of the young Texan 2-3 is an inspiration and source of pride for all of us; now, therefore, 2-4 be it 2-5 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-6 73rd Legislature, hereby commend and applaud Clint Cox for winning 2-7 a grand prize in the Club Pro Sets contest; and, be it further 2-8 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for 2-9 Clint as an expression of the admiration of the Texas Senate with 2-10 all best wishes for success in his future endeavors. 2-11 _____________________________________ 2-12 President of the Senate 2-13 I hereby certify that the 2-14 above Resolution was adopted by 2-15 the Senate on April 20, 1993. 2-16 _____________________________________ 2-17 Secretary of the Senate 2-18 _____________________________________ 2-19 Member, Texas Senate