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 1-2                          SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 605
 1-3           WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas takes pride
 1-4     in recognizing the German exchange students who are visiting
 1-5     James Bowie High School in extending to them a warm welcome on
 1-6     the occasion of their tour of the Capitol on April 2, 2001; and
 1-7           WHEREAS, The exchange students are participating in the
 1-8     German-American Partnership Program which is part of the Goethe
 1-9     Institute, an international organization sponsored by the German
1-10     government; since its establishment in 1977, the program has
1-11     helped promote German instruction in high schools throughout
1-12     the United States and has educated young people with regard to
1-13     the host country's culture and way of life; and
1-14           WHEREAS, Miriam "Mimi" Parris is the James Bowie High School
1-15     teacher who sponsors the school's exchange program; she began
1-16     sponsoring exchanges with the Munich area in 1989, first with a
1-17     high school in Pullach and then with Gymnasium Oberhaching, a high
1-18     school southeast of Munich; and
1-19           WHEREAS, Today, there are 720 partnerships between American
1-20     high schools and German schools; in 1999, 6,604 German students
1-21     visited their American partner school, and 4,782 American students
1-22     traveled to Germany through the German-American Partnership Program;
 2-1     and
 2-2           WHEREAS, The German exchange students visiting
 2-3     James Bowie High School are Cornelia Jergus, Alice Lichtenberg,
 2-4     Marie-Luise Marhofer, Friederike Niepmann, Elisabeth Poesl,
 2-5     Corinna Verhasselt, Hannah Wirmer, Marc-Alexander Bair,
 2-6     Michael Forster, Patrick Jansch, Johannes Linde, and Alexander Rott;
 2-7     their teacher sponsors are Eleonore Vickers and Gabi Sussmann; and
 2-8           WHEREAS, It is a genuine pleasure to have these students
 2-9     and their teacher sponsors as guests in the Lone Star State, and
2-10     it is sincerely hoped that their visit here is a most enjoyable
2-11     one; now, therefore, be it
2-12           RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
2-13     77th Legislature, hereby extend hospitality and a warm welcome
2-14     to each of these students and teachers and recognize them as
2-15     Honorary Texans with all attendant rights and privileges thereof;
2-16     and, be it further
2-17           RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution be prepared for
2-18     them as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate.
2-19                                                              Barrientos
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2-21                                          President of the Senate
2-22                                       I hereby certify that the above
2-23                                  Resolution was adopted by the Senate
2-24                                  on March 29, 2001.
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2-26                                          Secretary of the Senate
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2-28                                           Member, Texas Senate