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                                                                  H.R. No. 16 


R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The Weslaco Rotary Club has bestowed a great honor on Mary Frances Noell by naming this bright young lady the 2003 Young Naturalist of the Year; and WHEREAS, Miss Noell has combined her interests in birds and her knowledge of photography to promote and support naturalist activities in her area; on a birding trip to the Harlingen Birding Festival with her Girl Scout troop, she enriched the experience for everyone by helping her fellow scouts to identify the various birds; and WHEREAS, An experienced bird-watcher of the Rio Grande Valley and the areas of Monterrey, Saltillo, and Belize, Miss Noell has been a member of winning or placing teams in the Great Texas Coast Birding Classic for the past three years; competing among adults, she was awarded a $250 prize in the Valley Land Fund Contest, and her nature photography has been featured on a billboard that promotes Weslaco; and WHEREAS, Miss Noell has demonstrated exceptional dedication and a deep concern for the environment, and her ability to bring the joys of nature to her fellow Texans makes her a source of tremendous pride for her community; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby congratulate Mary Frances Noell for being named the 2003 Young Naturalist of the Year and extend to her best wishes for continued success and happiness; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Miss Noell as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Wise Craddick Geren Mercer Allen Giddings Merritt Alonzo Goodman Miller Bailey Goolsby Moreno of Harris Baxter Griggs Moreno of El Paso Berman Grusendorf Morrison Bohac Guillen Mowery Bonnen Gutierrez Naishtat Branch Haggerty Nixon Brown of Kaufman Hamilton Noriega Brown of Brazos Hamric Oliveira Burnam Hardcastle Olivo Callegari Harper-Brown Paxton Campbell Hartnett Pena Canales Heflin Phillips Capelo Hegar Pickett Casteel Hilderbran Pitts Castro Hill Puente Chavez Hochberg Quintanilla Chisum Hodge Raymond Christian Homer Reyna Coleman Hope Riddle Cook of Navarro Hopson Ritter Cook of Colorado Howard Rodriguez Corte Hughes Rose Crabb Hunter Seaman Crownover Hupp Smith of Tarrant Davis of Harris Isett Smith of Harris Davis of Dallas Jones of Lubbock Smithee Dawson Jones of Bexar Solis Delisi Jones of Dallas Solomons Denny Keel Stick Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Swinford Driver Keffer of Eastland Talton Dukes King Taylor Dunnam Kolkhorst Telford Dutton Krusee Thompson Edwards Kuempel Truitt Eiland Laney Turner Eissler Laubenberg Uresti Elkins Lewis Van Arsdale Ellis Luna Villarreal Escobar Mabry West Farabee Madden Wilson Farrar Marchant Wise Flores Martinez Fischer Wohlgemuth Flynn McCall Wolens Gallego McClendon Wong Garza McReynolds Woolley Gattis Menendez Zedler ______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 16 was adopted by the House on August 8, 2003, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House