By Brimer                                             H.R. No. 1184
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                                 R E S O L U T I O N
 1-1           WHEREAS, The 2001 chess team from Mary Orr Intermediate
 1-2     School in Mansfield captured first place at the Texas State
 1-3     Scholastic Chess Championships, and this significant accomplishment
 1-4     indeed merits special recognition; and
 1-5           WHEREAS, This Tarrant County chess club, which is the first
 1-6     state winner in nine years that is not from the Brownsville
 1-7     elementary schools, qualified for the national chess championships
 1-8     in Kansas City, where its members will be among 6,000 students
 1-9     competing; and
1-10           WHEREAS, Leading Mary Orr to the first-place triumph were
1-11     Mason Harry and Stephanie Ballom, who each won six of their seven
1-12     games and finished in a tie for third place overall; other talented
1-13     team members include Ryan Morone, C. J. Hendricks, Matthew Ruble,
1-14     and Brett Greig; and
1-15           WHEREAS, With their prodigious abilities and hard work, the
1-16     students from the 2001 Mary Orr chess team have proven themselves
1-17     to be formidable competitors and stellar all-around players; these
1-18     admirable young Texans are developing valuable leadership and
1-19     critical-thinking skills for the future, and it is indeed most
1-20     appropriate to pay tribute to them on their most recent accolade at
1-21     this time; now, therefore, be it
1-22           RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 77th Texas
1-23     Legislature hereby congratulate the 2001 Mary Orr Intermediate
1-24     School chess team for winning the Texas State Scholastic Chess
 2-1     Championships and extend to them sincere best wishes for continued
 2-2     success and happiness; and, be it further
 2-3           RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
 2-4     prepared for the team members from Mary Orr Intermediate School as
 2-5     an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.