H.R. No. 550
                                  R E S O L U T I O N
    1-1        WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives is proud to honor
    1-2  a delegation of students from O. L. Slaton Junior High School in
    1-3  Lubbock who are visiting the State Capitol on this day; and
    1-4        WHEREAS, These accomplished young people were selected to
    1-5  participate in their special trip to Austin as the winners of a
    1-6  contest in which they were required to answer four essay questions
    1-7  relating to state government, to obtain two teacher
    1-8  recommendations, and to be interviewed by a panel of distinguished
    1-9  judges; and
   1-10        WHEREAS, Under the guidance of teachers Deb Cates and Kathi
   1-11  Elmore, students Bobby Champion, Teri Medina, Alicia Robbins, and
   1-12  Corey Simpson will spend a day in the company of their state
   1-13  representative, Robert Duncan, whom they will accompany to
   1-14  committee meetings, bill hearings, and any other negotiations he
   1-15  may be attending on that day; and
   1-16        WHEREAS, Students also will be taken on tours of the
   1-17  Governor's Mansion, the State Capitol, and the LBJ Library, will
   1-18  serve as pages on the house floor, and will visit two other sites
   1-19  of interest that are unique to the city of Austin, the historic
   1-20  Texas State Cemetery and the largest urban bat colony in North
   1-21  America, which they will view as the colony emerges from underneath
   1-22  the Congress Avenue bridge at dusk; and
   1-23        WHEREAS, These outstanding students typify the finest
   1-24  qualities of our state's young people and their interest in
    2-1  learning more about state government is indeed commendable and
    2-2  deserving of special legislative recognition; now, therefore, be it
    2-3        RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 74th Texas
    2-4  Legislature hereby welcome Bobby Champion, Teri Medina, Alicia
    2-5  Robbins, and Corey Simpson to the State Capitol and extend to them
    2-6  warmest best wishes for an educational and memorable stay in
    2-7  Austin; and, be it further
    2-8        RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
    2-9  prepared for these fine students as an expression of high regard by
   2-10  the Texas House of Representatives.