78R5548 JNC-D

By:  Baxter                                                       H.R. No. 306



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Ruth Marion Livingston of Austin has attained the 
highest honor in the Girl Scouts of America, the Gold Award; and
	WHEREAS, Ms. Livingston was born in Austin on July 26, 1988, 
to Kirk and Janis Livingston; she attended Cedar Creek Elementary 
School and Hill Country Middle School and is currently a freshman at 
Westlake High School, where she is a member of the women's lacrosse 
team; and
	WHEREAS, Ms. Livingston has held various leadership roles in 
the Lone Star Girl Scouts over the past eight years, including troop 
scribe and patrol leader, and has volunteered in the scout shop; 
this notable young woman holds the Junior, Cadette, and Senior 
leadership awards, the Four Signs of Junior Achievement, and the 
Cadette Silver Award; and
	WHEREAS, Ms. Livingston contributes to her community by 
volunteering at the Austin Nature Center, the humane society, the 
food bank, and her church; she has earned the community service 
scouting bars for Cadette Scouts and Senior Scouts; and
	WHEREAS, The Gold Award Project executed by this determined 
young lady involved planning, designing, and creating room signs 
for new troop houses at Camp Texlake; she will receive her award in 
April 2003 at a formal ceremony held for all Lone Star Girl Scout 
Gold Award recipients; and
	WHEREAS, It is a special achievement to earn the Girl Scout 
Gold Award, as it is granted only to an average of 10 girls in 
Central Texas annually, and Ms. Livingston is truly worthy of 
special praise for this considerable accomplishment; now, 
therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature hereby commend Ruth Marion Livingston for her 
dedication to scouting and achieving the Girl Scout Gold Award and 
extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success and 
happiness; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for Ms. Livingston as an expression of high regard by the 
Texas House of Representatives.