R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The Port Arthur Independent School District has 1-2 declared March 1-5, 1999, as Peace Week, and this designation is 1-3 indeed worthy of special recognition; and 1-4 WHEREAS, During this period, students will participate in 1-5 planned curriculums and special programs that will teach them how 1-6 to co-exist in peace and harmony and how to seek nonviolent 1-7 solutions to conflicts and disagreements, and such training has 1-8 far-reaching beneficial consequences, for it extends to both 1-9 interpersonal relationships and domestic and foreign affairs; and 1-10 WHEREAS, The Port Arthur Independent School District and the 1-11 citizens of Port Arthur have developed Peace Week as a means of 1-12 calling attention to the patterns of community violence that spread 1-13 into the schools and as a way of encouraging a united effort among 1-14 students, teachers, parents, and the community to find peaceful 1-15 solutions to dissension and misunderstandings; and 1-16 WHEREAS, The celebration of Peace Week is benefitting from 1-17 the participation of PTAs, ministers' alliances, student 1-18 organizations, ethnic leaders, the Martin Luther King Support 1-19 Group, Texas legislators, city government officials, business 1-20 leaders, school/business partners, dads' clubs, the chamber of 1-21 commerce, and various other community organizations; and 1-22 WHEREAS, This year's Peace Week will be anchored on the 1-23 morning of March 1, 1999, by a torch run, flag ceremony, and 1-24 leaders' breakfast hosted by U.S. Congressman Nick Lampson at 2-1 Tyrrell Elementary School; events will culminate on the evening of 2-2 March 5, 1999, with a parade and rally involving more than 1,000 2-3 participants at the Port Arthur Independent School District's 2-4 Memorial Stadium; and 2-5 WHEREAS, Peace Week 1999 will also include an art and essay 2-6 contest, schoolwide contests, and many other activities designed to 2-7 encourage participation by all students; now, therefore, be it 2-8 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 76th Texas 2-9 Legislature hereby recognize March 1-5, 1999, as Peace Week in the 2-10 Port Arthur Independent School District and encourage other school 2-11 districts across the state to develop and implement similar 2-12 initiatives; and, be it further 2-13 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-14 prepared for the Port Arthur Independent School District as an 2-15 expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Deshotel _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 345 was adopted by the House on March 4, 1999, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House