R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, Carmen Villarreal of Weslaco has become the first 1-2 South Texas educator to be named the Texas Business Education 1-3 Association Secondary Teacher of the Year, and this singular 1-4 distinction is truly deserving of special recognition; and 1-5 WHEREAS, For three decades, Ms. Villarreal has taught at 1-6 Weslaco High School, where she chairs the business education 1-7 department and is academic coordinator for the University 1-8 Interscholastic League, and countless students have benefited from 1-9 her dedication and expertise over the years; and 1-10 WHEREAS, She was awarded the Texas Business Education 1-11 Association's District One Teacher of the Year award in 1997 and 1-12 advanced to the statewide competition; by taking top honors at 1-13 that level, she has earned the right to represent the Lone Star 1-14 State at the association's national conference, to be held in 1-15 Chicago in the spring of 1999; and 1-16 WHEREAS, Over the course of her career, Ms. Villarreal has 1-17 distinguished herself as an educator of ability and integrity, and 1-18 her recent triumphs bring credit to the Weslaco and South Texas 1-19 business education communities even as they underscore her 1-20 excellence as a teacher; now, therefore, be it 1-21 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 76th 1-22 Legislature of the State of Texas hereby honor Carmen Villarreal on 1-23 being named the Texas Business Education Association Secondary 1-24 Teacher of the Year and extend to her sincere best wishes for 2-1 continued success and happiness in the years to come; and, be it 2-2 further 2-3 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-4 prepared for Ms. Villarreal as an expression of high regard by the 2-5 Texas House of Representatives. Wise Laney Glaze Moreno of El Paso Alexander Goodman Morrison Allen Goolsby Mowery Alvarado Gray Naishtat Averitt Green Najera Bailey Greenberg Nixon Berman Grusendorf Noriega Bonnen Gutierrez Oliveira Bosse Haggerty Olivo Brimer Hamric Palmer Brown of Kaufman Hardcastle Pickett Brown of Brazos Hartnett Pitts Burnam Hawley Puente Capelo Heflin Ramsay Carter Hilbert Rangel Chavez Hilderbran Reyna of Bexar Chisum Hill Reyna of Dallas Christian Hinojosa Ritter Clark Hochberg Sadler Coleman Hodge Salinas Cook Homer Seaman Corte Hope Shields Counts Howard Siebert Crabb Hunter Smith Craddick Hupp Smithee Crownover Isett Solis of Cameron Cuellar Janek Solis of Bexar Culberson Jones of Brazos Solomons Danburg Jones of Lubbock Staples Davis of Harris Jones of Dallas Swinford Davis of Dallas Junell Talton Delisi Keel Telford Denny Keffer Thompson Deshotel King of Parker Tillery Driver King of Uvalde Truitt Dukes Krusee Turner of Coleman Dunnam Kuempel Turner of Harris Dutton Lengefeld Uher Edwards Lewis of Tarrant Uresti Ehrhardt Lewis of Orange Van de Putte Eiland Longoria Walker Elkins Luna West Ellis McCall Williams Farabee McClendon Wilson Farrar McReynolds Wise Flores Madden Wohlgemuth Gallego Marchant Wolens Garcia Maxey Woolley George Merritt Yarbrough Giddings Moreno of Harris Zbranek _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 12 was adopted by the House on March 18, 1999, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House