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