1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 557 1-2 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas takes great pride 1-3 in welcoming Andrea Cox, Elizabeth Beights, Robert Todd, and 1-4 Becky Creel to the State Capitol on April 6, 1999, on the Awesome 1-5 Austin Adventure; and 1-6 WHEREAS, Selected for the trip from the O. L. Slaton 1-7 magnet junior high school in Lubbock, Texas, the students were 1-8 picked after writing essays answering a question about why they 1-9 should be selected to observe Senator Robert Duncan and the 1-10 Texas Legislature; and 1-11 WHEREAS, In addition, the requirements were that students be 1-12 interviewed, have high citizenship marks, and have the approval of 1-13 their parents and teachers; and 1-14 WHEREAS, The faculty sponsors are Kay Geiger, who teaches 1-15 ninth-grade Pre-Advanced Placement World Geography and Damon Rodgers, 1-16 who teaches seventh-grade Texas History; and 1-17 WHEREAS, This trip is intended to give the participants the 1-18 opportunity to observe the workings of state government in person 1-19 and provide an important learning experience; now, therefore, be it 1-20 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 1-21 76th Legislature, hereby greet these promising young citizens as 1-22 they come to see state government in action; and, be it further 1-23 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for 1-24 the group as an expression of the high regard and esteem of the 2-1 Texas Senate. 2-2 Duncan 2-3 ______________________________________ 2-4 President of the Senate 2-5 I hereby certify that the above 2-6 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-7 on April 6, 1999. 2-8 ______________________________________ 2-9 Secretary of the Senate 2-10 ______________________________________ 2-11 Member, Texas Senate