1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 39 1-2 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the 1-3 students, faculty, and administration of Lanier High School of 1-4 Austin, Texas, in recognizing the school's top 10 graduating 1-5 African-American seniors for their academic achievement; and 1-6 WHEREAS, The school has organized a celebration in 1-7 keeping with the spirit of Black History Month, which is being 1-8 celebrated by citizens across the country during February of 1999; 1-9 and 1-10 WHEREAS, Throughout the month, Lanier High School will 1-11 commemorate the heritage of African-Americans and pay tribute to 1-12 an ethnic group whose members have contributed in countless ways 1-13 to our country's enrichment; and 1-14 WHEREAS, In the tradition of recognizing the outstanding 1-15 accomplishments of individuals from African-American history, the 1-16 school is honoring its top 10 African-American seniors for their 1-17 superior academic performance; the top 10 seniors are Monika Kappe, 1-18 Leo Murphy, Andre Siebert, James Wilson, Teneshia Hudspeth, 1-19 Chrystal Eaton, Nakisha Williams, Marie Flake, Ebony Holton, and 1-20 Beverly Blocker; and 1-21 WHEREAS, These students are exceptionally talented and 1-22 consistently strive for excellence in all of their endeavors, and 1-23 Black History Month is an appropriate time to pay tribute to them 1-24 for their many accomplishments; now, therefore, be it 2-1 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-2 76th Legislature, hereby laud the top 10 graduating African-American 2-3 seniors of Lanier High School on their outstanding educational 2-4 achievements and extend best wishes to them for the future; and, 2-5 be it further 2-6 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for 2-7 Lanier High School as an expression of regard from the 2-8 Texas Senate. 2-9 Barrientos 2-10 ______________________________________ 2-11 President of the Senate 2-12 I hereby certify that the above 2-13 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-14 on January 20, 1999. 2-15 ______________________________________ 2-16 Secretary of the Senate 2-17 ______________________________________ 2-18 Member, Texas Senate