By: Sibley S.R. No. 1236 1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION 1-2 WHEREAS, Competing against senior division teams from schools 1-3 across the state, the Dublin High School Future Problem Solving Team 1-4 won first place, and the Senate of the State of Texas is proud to 1-5 recognize them; and 1-6 WHEREAS, Team members Dan Stewart, Dustin Hodge, Justin Farr, 1-7 and Zac House won first place, scholarships of $1,000 each, and 1-8 the right to represent Texas at the international competition in 1-9 Rhode Island in June; and 1-10 WHEREAS, This was the fourth consecutive year students from 1-11 Dublin schools represented their city in Austin at the Texas Future 1-12 Problem Solving Bowl; a total of 20 teams, including three from 1-13 Dublin, competed at the state level; Dublin was the only school to 1-14 have three teams qualify for the bowl contest; and 1-15 WHEREAS, Future Problem Solving is a unique concept created 1-16 in 1974 by Dr. Paul E. Torrance, an expert in creative thinking; and 1-17 WHEREAS, The approach combines research and a creative 1-18 approach to world problems; it is a year-long educational process, 1-19 under the Gifted and Talented Division of the Central Education 1-20 Agency, in which young people are challenged to solve problems 1-21 related to different topics of global significance; and 1-22 WHEREAS, This year, the practice topic was "cities and 1-23 homelessness"; the topic for the right to compete at state 2-1 was "kids and violence," and the topic at the state level was 2-2 "prejudice"; the topic for international competition is "privacy"; 2-3 and 2-4 WHEREAS, Each team member felt lucky to be on a team with 2-5 experienced teammates and a good sponsor, Mrs. Vicky Stone; they 2-6 also credited their sponsor with keeping them interested; and 2-7 WHEREAS, The team exercised individual discipline which 2-8 was apparent in their excellent showing against their tournament 2-9 opponents; they have brought honor to their parents, their school, 2-10 their city, and their state; now, therefore, be it 2-11 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-12 74th Legislature, hereby commend and applaud the victory of Dublin 2-13 High School at the Texas Future Problem Solving Bowl; and, be it 2-14 further 2-15 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for 2-16 the Dublin High School team as a token of the highest esteem of 2-17 the Texas Senate. 2-18 ______________________________________ 2-19 President of the Senate 2-20 I hereby certify that the above 2-21 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-22 on May 25, 1995. 2-23 ______________________________________ 2-24 Secretary of the Senate 2-25 ______________________________________ 3-1 Member, Texas Senate