R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, Students attending school in Texas profit 1-2 significantly when taught to live together in peace and harmony; 1-3 seeking nonviolent solutions to conflicts and disagreements is a 1-4 vital focus of our educational institutions, one with far-reaching 1-5 beneficial consequences that extend to both interpersonal 1-6 relationships and the future of domestic and foreign affairs; and 1-7 WHEREAS, Texas school officials are constantly pursuing new 1-8 and effective ways to teach students peaceful behavior, and 1-9 teachers have consistently characterized such behavior to their 1-10 students as strength of character and not lack of courage; and 1-11 WHEREAS, To this end, leaders with the Port Arthur 1-12 Independent School District (ISD) and the city of Port Arthur have 1-13 developed Peace Week to both call attention to the patterns of 1-14 community violence that have spread into our schools and to 1-15 encourage a united effort among students, teachers, parents, and 1-16 the community to reach peaceful solutions to dissensions, 1-17 disagreements, and misunderstandings; and 1-18 WHEREAS, Peace Week was first celebrated in Port Arthur in 1-19 February 1996 and was warmly received by participants throughout 1-20 the community; the activities of that inaugural observance included 1-21 a community-wide rally at Memorial Stadium, meetings with student 1-22 groups, an art and essay contest, proclamations by the mayor and 1-23 school board, a parade, individual school activities, and a daily 1-24 recitation of the peace pledge; and 2-1 WHEREAS, Given the success of Peace Week in the Port Arthur 2-2 ISD, it is indeed appropriate that a special week be set aside to 2-3 encourage all Texans to preserve peace in their schools and their 2-4 communities; now, therefore, be it 2-5 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 75th Texas 2-6 Legislature hereby recognize February 3 through 7, 1997, as Peace 2-7 Week in Texas Schools and encourage all students, teachers, 2-8 administrators, and other staff members at schools across the Lone 2-9 Star State to participate in this worthy event. Price Laney Gutierrez Ogden Alexander Haggerty Oliveira Allen Hamric Olivo Alvarado Hartnett Palmer Averitt Hawley Patterson Bailey Heflin Pickett Berlanga Hernandez Pitts Bonnen Hightower Place Bosse Hilbert Price Brimer Hilderbran Puente Burnam Hill Rabuck Carter Hinojosa Ramsay Chavez Hirschi Rangel Chisum Hochberg Raymond Christian Hodge Reyna of Bexar Clark Holzheauser Reyna of Dallas Coleman Horn Rhodes Cook Howard Rodriguez Corte Hunter Sadler Counts Hupp Seaman Crabb Isett Serna Craddick Jackson Shields Cuellar Janek Siebert Culberson Jones of Lubbock Smith Danburg Jones of Dallas Smithee Davila Junell Solis Davis Kamel Solomons Delisi Keel Staples Denny Keffer Stiles Driver King Swinford Dukes Krusee Talton Dunnam Kubiak Telford Dutton Kuempel Thompson Edwards Lewis of Tarrant Tillery Ehrhardt Lewis of Orange Torres Eiland Longoria Turner of Coleman Elkins Luna Turner of Harris Farrar McCall Uher Finnell McClendon Van de Putte Flores McReynolds Walker Gallego Madden West Galloway Marchant Williams Garcia Maxey Williamson Giddings Merritt Wilson Glaze Moffat Wise Goodman Moreno Wohlgemuth Goolsby Mowery Wolens Gray Naishtat Woolley Greenberg Nixon Yarbrough Grusendorf Oakley Zbranek _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 66 was adopted by the House on January 30, 1997, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House