By: Haywood S.R. No. 1278 1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION 1-2 WHEREAS, The Texas Senate takes great pleasure in 1-3 recognizing the team members from J. Earl Selz High School in 1-4 the Pilot Point Independent School District who won the Texas 1-5 Small Schools Academic Contest recently; and 1-6 WHEREAS, Christopher Cook, Cash Cooper, and Jared Maier 1-7 won their regional contest and advanced to the state contest, 1-8 where they defeated 39 other teams from around the state; all 1-9 questions in the contest are taken from the curriculum for Texas 1-10 Public Schools; coach for the team is Richard Dane, who is also 1-11 the principal of the high school; and 1-12 WHEREAS, The son of Buddy and Pauline Cook of 1-13 Pilot Point, Texas, Christopher Ivan Cook is the valedictorian 1-14 of the Class of 1995; he is the recipient of a scholarship awarded 1-15 by the members of the Independent Colleges and Universities of 1-16 Texas as well as a scholarship from the Texas Education Agency 1-17 for any college or university in Texas; and 1-18 WHEREAS, Chris has also received the Pilot Point Independent 1-19 School District Employees Scholarship, the Beta Club Scholarship, 1-20 the North Texas Board of Regents'/President's Excellence Scholarship, 1-21 a University of Texas at Arlington Freshman Scholarship, a Texas 1-22 Wesleyan University General Scholarship, and the Texas Association 1-23 of Community Schools Scholarship for Academic Decathlon winners; 2-1 and 2-2 WHEREAS, A well-rounded individual, Chris is a member of 2-3 the Beta Club and is involved in church and community activities; 2-4 he plans to attend Texas Wesleyan University first and then 2-5 The University of Texas at Austin, where he will major in 2-6 architectural engineering; and 2-7 WHEREAS, Cash Conrad Cooper is the son of Gail Edward Cooper 2-8 and Deborah Cooper of Aubrey, Texas; he received the Texas Association 2-9 of Community Schools Scholarship for Academic Decathlon winners; and 2-10 WHEREAS, An exceptional student, Cash is planning to attend 2-11 college to study business and fashion design; and 2-12 WHEREAS, Jared Eugene Maier is the son of Larry and Pam Maier 2-13 of Pilot Point, Texas; Jared received a Dr. Pepper Bottling Company 2-14 of Texas scholarship and the Texas Association of Community Schools 2-15 Scholarship for Academic Decathlon winners; and 2-16 WHEREAS, Jared participated in extracurricular activities 2-17 throughout his four years in high school; an outstanding athlete, 2-18 Jared participated annually in football, basketball, and track; 2-19 he is a member of the Beta Club and is involved in numerous church 2-20 and community activities; he plans to attend Baylor University and 2-21 major in computer science; and 2-22 WHEREAS, These exceptional young men have brought recognition 2-23 to themselves, their parents, their school, and their community and 2-24 they are truly deserving of legislative commendation; now, therefore, 2-25 be it 3-1 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 3-2 74th Legislature, hereby extend congratulations to Chris Cook, 3-3 Cash Cooper, and Jared Maier for winning the Texas Small Schools 3-4 Academic Contest and extend best wishes to them for continued 3-5 success in their college studies; and, be it further 3-6 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for 3-7 them as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. 3-8 ______________________________________ 3-9 President of the Senate 3-10 I hereby certify that the above 3-11 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 3-12 on May 27, 1995. 3-13 ______________________________________ 3-14 Secretary of the Senate 3-15 ______________________________________ 3-16 Member, Texas Senate