1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 664 1-2 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas takes pride in 1-3 recognizing Brandon Chicotsky, Brent King, Russell Knight, and 1-4 Ian Toohey on winning first place in the junior division group 1-5 performance at the Regional History Fair competition on 1-6 April 5, 1997; and 1-7 WHEREAS, These four students attend Wedgwood Sixth Grade 1-8 Center in Southwest Fort Worth; their performance at the Regional 1-9 History Fair qualified them to compete at the Texas State History 1-10 Day competition on May 9 and 10 in Austin; and 1-11 WHEREAS, The students are from Mr. Fuller's social studies 1-12 class and were selected by Mr. Fuller to perform in the Fort Worth 1-13 Independent School District's annual History Fair Competition; the 1-14 group was chosen because of its excellent performance in Wedgwood 1-15 Center's History Fair this year; and 1-16 WHEREAS, The boys' performance was titled "Triumph and 1-17 Tragedy: An Interview with Three Heroes of Civil Reform"; the 1-18 performance consisted of "interviews" with Dr. Martin Luther King, 1-19 Mahatma Gandhi, and Emiliano Zapata; all entries in the competition 1-20 were required to relate to this year's state theme of "Triumph and 1-21 Tragedy"; and 1-22 WHEREAS, Brandon, Brent, Russell, and Ian are exemplary young 1-23 men and high achieving students whose talents and industriousness 2-1 have brought honor to their families, their school, and their 2-2 community; now, therefore, be it 2-3 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-4 75th Legislature, hereby commend Brandon Chicotsky, Brent King, 2-5 Russell Knight, and Ian Toohey on their outstanding group 2-6 performance and extend congratulations to them on qualifying to 2-7 participate in the Texas State History Day competition; and, be 2-8 it further 2-9 RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution be prepared for 2-10 these exceptional students as an expression of esteem from the 2-11 Texas Senate. 2-12 Moncrief 2-13 ______________________________________ 2-14 President of the Senate 2-15 I hereby certify that the above 2-16 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-17 on May 9, 1997. 2-18 ______________________________________ 2-19 Secretary of the Senate 2-20 ______________________________________ 2-21 Member, Texas Senate