R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, On April 14, 1999, a group of high school community 1-2 leaders from the Empowering Teen Leaders program will be in Austin 1-3 to observe the legislature in session; and 1-4 WHEREAS, Established under The Leadership Center, a program 1-5 in cooperation with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service of the 1-6 Texas A&M University System, Empowering Teen Leaders educates high 1-7 school students and mentors on leadership development, coalition 1-8 building, and communication; and 1-9 WHEREAS, Empowering Teen Leaders classes have worked to 1-10 improve the quality of life of young people and their families 1-11 through serving as leaders in their communities; and 1-12 WHEREAS, Since 1992, over 350 students have gone through the 1-13 Empowering Teen Leaders program, developing essential leadership 1-14 skills to take into their surrounding communities and making a 1-15 positive difference in the lives of their peers and those who will 1-16 hopefully one day follow in their footsteps; and 1-17 WHEREAS, Those students have themselves recruited more than 1-18 2,000 peer volunteers who have provided over 30,000 hours of 1-19 volunteer work, reaching almost 38,000 people in Harris County; and 1-20 WHEREAS, These young leaders contribute a much needed 1-21 positive influence in urban areas to steer kids away from drugs and 1-22 gangs and toward literacy, community involvement, and respect for 1-23 others; now, therefore, be it 1-24 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 76th Texas 2-1 Legislature hereby welcome these special young people to Austin and 2-2 congratulate Empowering Teen Leaders participants for all their 2-3 hard work and success; and, be it further 2-4 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-5 prepared for the Harris County Extension Office as an expression of 2-6 high regard from the Texas House of Representatives. Heflin 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. 637 was adopted by the House on April 14, 1999, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House