R E S O L U T I O N
1-1 WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives is proud to honor
1-2 Waverly Park Elementary School in Fort Worth for winning the 1999
1-3 Margaret McNamara Readers Cup in the Reading is Fundamental (RIF)
1-4 National Reading Challenge sponsored by the Metropolitan Life
1-5 Foundation; and
1-6 WHEREAS, RIF promotes children's and family literacy programs
1-7 that help prepare young children for reading and motivate
1-8 school-age children to read; and
1-9 WHEREAS, Waverly Park Elementary School students earned this
1-10 prestigious national award, the first Texas school to be so
1-11 honored, by reading and recording 10,285 hours and 21 minutes
1-12 during a two-week period from February 12-25, an average of 19
1-13 reading hours per student; and
1-14 WHEREAS, The school's RIF coordinator, Carol McQuien,
1-15 stimulated student interest in the project by creating a mystery
1-16 scenario in which RIF volumes had been "booknapped," and children
1-17 logged reading hours to pay the ransom and to receive clues as to
1-18 the whereabouts of the missing books; and
1-19 WHEREAS, On May 12, 1999, at the Waverly Park Auditorium,
1-20 Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, chairman of the board for RIF, will
1-21 present the school with its well-deserved trophy, and Waverly Park
1-22 Elementary School will also receive 540 RIF books, $250 for the
1-23 school's RIF budget, and a school-wide celebration sponsored by
1-24 Metropolitan Life Foundation; and
2-1 WHEREAS, In addition to being the most essential tool in the
2-2 learning process, reading can also be an imaginative and
2-3 exhilarating experience; the example set by the students at Waverly
2-4 Park Elementary School in earning this significant accolade is an
2-5 inspiration to all Texans, and they are indeed worthy of special
2-6 recognition at this time; now, therefore, be it
2-7 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 76th Texas
2-8 Legislature hereby congratulate Mary Jane Marshall, principal, and
2-9 the students, faculty, and staff at Waverly Park Elementary School
2-10 on winning the 1999 Margaret McNamara Readers Cup in the Reading Is
2-11 Fundamental National Reading Challenge and extend to them sincere
2-12 best wishes for continued success and happiness; and, be it further
2-13 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
2-14 prepared for prominent display at Waverly Park Elementary School as
2-15 an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.
Mowery
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
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 887 was adopted by the House on May
10, 1999, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House