R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives takes great pride 1-2 in commending the members of the Texas High School Rodeo 1-3 Association on their first-place finish in the 1998 National High 1-4 School Finals Rodeo sponsored by the National High School Rodeo 1-5 Association; and 1-6 WHEREAS, In July 1998 the 51 cowboys and cowgirls who compose 1-7 the Texas team gathered in Gillette, Wyoming, to compete in events 1-8 such as team roping, cattle cutting, bull riding, and barrel racing 1-9 in the National High School Finals Rodeo; and 1-10 WHEREAS, Facing tough competition from more than 1,500 1-11 individuals representing 37 states and four Canadian provinces, the 1-12 Texas team brought home four awards: the National Rookie Cowgirl 1-13 award, the National Goat Tying Champion award, the National Bull 1-14 Riding Champion award, and the 1998 National High School Finals 1-15 Rodeo Team Championship; and 1-16 WHEREAS, The National High School Rodeo Association is an 1-17 international, nonprofit organization created in 1949 by Texas 1-18 educator and rodeo contestant Claude Mullins, the man who had 1-19 created the Texas High School Rodeo Association two years earlier 1-20 in 1947; and 1-21 WHEREAS, Fostering the development of sportsmanship, 1-22 horsemanship, and good character in the youthful athletes is the 1-23 main goal of the National High School Rodeo Association; in return 1-24 for striving for those attributes, members have the opportunity to 2-1 compete for awards and to earn part of scholarship funds totaling 2-2 more than $425,000 each year; and 2-3 WHEREAS, The Texas association requires that its student 2-4 contestants maintain academic success as well as high standards of 2-5 personal conduct while representing the State of Texas and its 2-6 famed cowboy tradition; and 2-7 WHEREAS, The Texas High School Rodeo Association is a vast 2-8 organization composed of more than 1,450 members, and the 2-9 organization sponsors more than 150 rodeos each year throughout 10 2-10 regions; the regional competitors vie for an opportunity to win 2-11 awards and scholarships and to represent the State of Texas in the 2-12 national finals held annually in July; and 2-13 WHEREAS, Since the inauguration of this noteworthy 2-14 competition, Texas has won the National High School Finals Rodeo 2-15 Team Championship trophy so often that the trophy has been 2-16 officially retired to the Texas High School Rodeo Association, a 2-17 testament to the skill and excellence of our young cowboys and 2-18 cowgirls; now, therefore, be it 2-19 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 76th Texas 2-20 Legislature hereby congratulate the many dedicated student members 2-21 of the Texas High School Rodeo Association on their remarkable win 2-22 and their commitment to upholding the standard of excellence set by 2-23 previous Texas competitors and extend to them best wishes for 2-24 continued success in the years to come; and, be it further 2-25 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution 2-26 be prepared for the Texas High School Rodeo Association as an 2-27 expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Hunter Cook 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. 42 was adopted by the House on January 26, 1999, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House