By:  Duncan                                           S.C.R. No. 82
                            SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
 1-1           WHEREAS, The Legislature of the State of Texas joins the
 1-2     citizens of Lubbock and of the entire State of Texas in expressing
 1-3     shock and sorrow at the tragic accident in New Mexico on May 2,
 1-4     1999, of a Green Lawn Church of Christ bus in which six local
 1-5     teenagers died; and
 1-6           WHEREAS, The bus was filled with young people from the church
 1-7     returning from a youth retreat at Pine Springs Youth Camp near
 1-8     Cloudcroft, New Mexico; the six young women who died were Sara
 1-9     English, Meg Flynn, Sarah Johnson, Talitha Beeman, Astyn Qubty, and
1-10     Heather Bauman; and
1-11           WHEREAS, Born March 24, 1984, in Lubbock, Sara Anne English
1-12     was a ninth grade student at MacKenzie Junior High School, where
1-13     she was a member of the Junior National Honor Society; she had
1-14     recently received the Monterey Optimists award for high character
1-15     and had been nominated for this year's MacKenzie Hall of Fame award
1-16     and the Daughters of the American Republic award; and
1-17           WHEREAS, Born on December 8, 1982, in Lubbock, Margaret Nell
1-18     Flynn, called Meg by her friends, was a freshman at Tahoka High
1-19     School, where she worked on the school newspaper, played the flute
1-20     with the Tahoka 3-D Band from Bull Dog Land, and was a student
1-21     reporter for the Lynn County News; she was deeply involved in
1-22     Church of Christ Adventures in Missions youth activities; and
1-23           WHEREAS, An eighth grade student at Smylie Wilson Junior High
1-24     School, Sarah N. Johnson was born on September 4, 1984, in Midland;
 2-1     this talented young woman was an avid athlete and a member of the
 2-2     school orchestra and the National Junior Honor Society, and she had
 2-3     been named May Teen of the Month at her school; and
 2-4           WHEREAS, A junior at Meadow High School, Talitha Denita
 2-5     Beeman was born on March 9, 1983, in Lubbock; she was on the school
 2-6     yearbook staff, participated in the Mexican Summer Mission of Green
 2-7     Lawn Church of Christ, and was a Spanish/English interpreter; and
 2-8           WHEREAS, Born on April 4, 1985, in Lubbock, Astyn Lee Qubty
 2-9     attended Lubbock Christian Junior High School, where she enjoyed
2-10     playing volleyball and basketball; she especially liked spending
2-11     time with her friends and family and playing with her kitten; and
2-12           WHEREAS, Heather Nicole Bauman was born on April 16, 1986;
2-13     she was an honor roll student at Smylie Wilson Junior High, where
2-14     she was a member of the Science Club, the band, and the tennis
2-15     team; this outstanding  young woman wanted to become a doctor; she
2-16     knew sign language and worked with deaf children at Stubbs
2-17     Elementary School; and
2-18           WHEREAS, The deaths of these young women are a devastating
2-19     loss to their families, their friends, their communities, and to
2-20     the future of the State of Texas, where they would have surely
2-21     become bright leaders of tomorrow; now, therefore, be it
2-22           RESOLVED, That the 76th Legislature of the State of Texas
2-23     hereby express deepest condolences to the members of their bereaved
2-24     families; and, be it further
2-25           RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be prepared for the
2-26     families as an expression of the profound sympathy of the Texas
 3-1     Legislature, and that when the legislature adjourns this day, it do
 3-2     so in memory of Sara Anne English, Margaret Nell Flynn, Sarah N.
 3-3     Johnson, Talitha Denita Beeman, Astyn Lee Qubty, and Heather Nicole
 3-4     Bauman.