SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 118

	WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to 
recognize Taylor Fitzgerald, Chelsey Hutto, Hannah Roy, and 
Kevin Thompson of Redwater Middle School, who have been chosen
to participate in Project Citizen; and
	WHEREAS, Project Citizen is a civic education program 
developed by the Center for Civic Education; the program promotes 
competent and responsible participation in state and local 
government and helps students learn how to express their opinions,
how to decide which agency can help them address problems they 
identify, and how to influence policy decisions at the agency 
level; project participants must work with teachers and adult 
volunteers; and
	WHEREAS, These outstanding students selected the lack of a 
recycling center in Redwater as the problem they would address; 
working with Lisa Anderson, their fifth grade science teacher and 
project adviser, they developed an action plan to deal with this 
problem and presented it to Texas A&M University-Texarkana, the 
Redwater City Council, the local school board and Parent-Teacher 
Association, and the Bowie County Commissioners Court; their 
plan has been well received, and they are currently organizing a 
local paper, aluminum, and steel recycling program with 
Tri-State Iron and Metal Company; and
	WHEREAS, Chelsey, Hannah, Kevin, and Taylor are presenting 
their proposal in Austin on May 14, 2004, at the statewide Project 
Citizen competition; they hope to be selected to represent Texas at 
the national level; and
	WHEREAS, These fine young students have worked diligently
on their project, spending many hours outside school gathering 
information and refining their ideas; they have earned the admiration 
of their school and the City of Redwater for creating a project 
that can benefit the entire community; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
78th Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby commend Taylor Fitzgerald,
Chelsey Hutto, Hannah Roy, and Kevin Thompson for their outstanding
work on the recycling project; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for 
them as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate.
                                                                          Eltife




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    President of the Senate
 
    I hereby certify that the 
above Resolution was adopted by 
the Senate on May 6, 2004.



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    Secretary of the Senate



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     Member, Texas Senate