HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1-1 WHEREAS, Ryan Berthold, a senior at Lee High School in
1-2 Midland, has received an Achievement Award in Writing through a
1-3 competition sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of
1-4 English (NCTE); and
1-5 WHEREAS, Mr. Berthold is one of 654 winners out of nearly
1-6 3,000 students from across the country who were nominated for this
1-7 prestigious accolade; and
1-8 WHEREAS, Students competing for the award are nominated
1-9 during their junior year; they are required to submit a writing
1-10 sample, either prose or poetry, that they consider their best work,
1-11 and an essay written under teacher supervision in a set time
1-12 period; and
1-13 WHEREAS, The students' written work is evaluated by a
1-14 committee of teachers, who then submit nominations to the NCTE; Lee
1-15 High School was allowed to submit the work of five students on the
1-16 basis of its 10th-, 11th-, and 12th-grade enrollment, and
1-17 Mr. Berthold was the only Midland student who received the award;
1-18 and
1-19 WHEREAS, A leading contender for valedictorian in a senior
1-20 class of 699 students, Mr. Berthold juggles a multitude of
1-21 extracurricular activities, including the speech and debate team
1-22 and the academic decathlon team, as well as various UIL academic
1-23 teams; and
1-24 WHEREAS, Two other endeavors testify to this student's
2-1 wide-ranging talents and signal his interest and ability in the
2-2 realm of engineering: he belongs to a Texas BEST robotics team,
2-3 whose mission is to design and build a remote-controlled machine
2-4 for a robotics competition, and he has helped to construct a
2-5 trebuchet, a medieval catapult, that Lee High School sends to an
2-6 annual trebuchet competition; and
2-7 WHEREAS, Mr. Berthold's superior grades have earned him
2-8 membership in the National Honor Society and the National Spanish
2-9 Honor Society, and he is in the running for selection as a National
2-10 Merit finalist; and
2-11 WHEREAS, A gifted and creative young man, Mr. Berthold has
2-12 compiled a record of accomplishments that promises a bright and
2-13 fulfilling future, and it is a pleasure to join his parents, Pat
2-14 and Rob Berthold, and the staff and students of Lee High School in
2-15 paying tribute to this outstanding new achievement; now, therefore,
2-16 be it
2-17 RESOLVED, That the 77th Legislature of the State of Texas
2-18 hereby commend Ryan Berthold on his receipt of an Achievement Award
2-19 in Writing and extend to him sincere best wishes for success and
2-20 happiness in the years ahead; and, be it further
2-21 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
2-22 prepared for Ryan Berthold as an expression of high regard by the
2-23 Texas House of Representatives and Senate.
Craddick
Laney Goodman Merritt
Alexander Goolsby Miller
Allen Gray Moreno of Harris
Averitt Green Moreno of El Paso
Bailey Grusendorf Morrison
Berman Gutierrez Mowery
Bonnen Haggerty Naishtat
Bosse Hamric Najera
Brimer Hardcastle Nixon
Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Noriega
Brown of Brazos Hawley Oliveira
Burnam Heflin Olivo
Callegari Hilbert Pickett
Capelo Hilderbran Pitts
Carter Hill Puente
Chavez Hinojosa Ramsay
Chisum Hochberg Rangel
Christian Hodge Raymond
Clark Homer Reyna of Bexar
Coleman Hope Reyna of Dallas
Cook Hopson Ritter
Corte Howard Sadler
Counts Hunter Salinas
Crabb Hupp Seaman
Craddick Isett Shields
Crownover Janek Smith
Danburg Jones of Lubbock Smithee
Davis of Harris Jones of Bexar Solis
Davis of Dallas Jones of Dallas Solomons
Delisi Junell Swinford
Denny Keel Talton
Deshotel Keffer Telford
Driver King of Parker Thompson
Dukes King of Uvalde Tillery
Dunnam Kitchen Truitt
Dutton Kolkhorst Turner of Coleman
Edwards Krusee Turner of Harris
Ehrhardt Kuempel Uher
Eiland Lewis of Tarrant Uresti
Elkins Lewis of Orange Villarreal
Ellis Longoria Walker
Farabee Luna West
Farrar McCall Williams
Flores McClendon Wilson
Gallego McReynolds Wise
Garcia Madden Wohlgemuth
George Marchant Wolens
Geren Martinez Fischer Woolley
Giddings Maxey Yarbrough
Glaze Menendez Zbranek
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.C.R. No. 46 was adopted by the House on
February 6, 2001, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.C.R. No. 46 was adopted by the Senate on May
7, 2001, by a viva-voce vote.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor