By: Wentworth S.R. No. 873 1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION 1-2 WHEREAS, In these days of environmental awareness, it 1-3 behooves all of us to encourage young people to protect the 1-4 environment; the values developed today will affect how they 1-5 care for our fragile planet in the future; and 1-6 WHEREAS, The Texas Senate wants to inspire all students 1-7 to take an active role in projects that address environmental 1-8 concerns; and 1-9 WHEREAS, A contest entitled Environmental Challenge 1-10 sponsored by both H.E.B. and the Texas General Land Office 1-11 encouraged school classes to compete in three different divisions: 1-12 kindergarten through fifth grade, sixth through eighth grade, and 1-13 ninth through 12th grade; and 1-14 WHEREAS, Environmental school projects concerned water, 1-15 energy, toxic/hazardous waste, solid waste/recycling, global 1-16 warming/tree planting, environmental education, agriculture, 1-17 and any other relevant environmental or natural science topic; 1-18 and 1-19 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is proud to 1-20 recognize the students of Salado High School who have won second 1-21 place in the high school division of the H.E.B./General Land Office 1-22 Environmental Challenge; and 1-23 WHEREAS, These outstanding students, and their teacher, 2-1 Kimberly Berg, organized an after school day camp focusing on 2-2 environmental projects to educate younger students about the 2-3 need to protect our environment; and 2-4 WHEREAS, Resourceful and enthusiastic high school students 2-5 can enhance the beauty of their surroundings or help promote the 2-6 quality of their environment and at the same time learn what a 2-7 difference they can make; and 2-8 WHEREAS, It is a highly commendable goal to get students 2-9 actively interested in the welfare of their community and their 2-10 state; now, therefore, be it 2-11 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-12 73rd Legislature, hereby honor the Salado High School teachers 2-13 and students who participated in the H.E.B./General Land Office 2-14 Environmental Challenge Day for winning second place in the high 2-15 school division; and, be it further 2-16 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared 2-17 for the winning class as an expression of esteem from the 2-18 Senate of Texas. 2-19 _____________________________________ 2-20 President of the Senate 2-21 I hereby certify that the 2-22 above Resolution was adopted by 2-23 the Senate on May 6, 1993. 2-24 _____________________________________ 2-25 Secretary of the Senate 3-1 _____________________________________ 3-2 Member, Texas Senate