H.R. No. 737


R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The Comstock High School UIL social studies team won the Class A state championship on May 5, 2006, and this victory marks the second statewide win for this West Texas school in three years; and WHEREAS, Under the guidance of coach Val Acree, team members Amara Greene, Brent Greene, Adrienna Guajardo, and Graydon Richardson garnered district and regional titles before moving on to the state meet in Austin; in the individual category, Ms. Greene won sixth place, followed by Mr. Greene in eighth, Ms. Guajardo in 10th, and Mr. Richardson in 16th; and WHEREAS, This year's competition focused on the European front of World War II, and in becoming experts on this crucial chapter in human history, the Comstock team members sharpened and strengthened their understanding of events whose ramifications continue to be felt throughout the world; and WHEREAS, Those young people who dedicate themselves to the pursuit of educational excellence are truly deserving of the admiration of every Texan, and these four students are undoubtedly a source of tremendous pride to their school, their families, and their community; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate the members of the Comstock UIL state champion social studies team and their coach and extend to them sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the team as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Gallego Craddick Giddings McReynolds Allen Gonzales Menendez Alonzo Gonzalez Toureilles Merritt Anchia Goodman Miller Anderson Goolsby Moreno Bailey Griggs Morrison Berman Grusendorf Mowery Blake Guillen Naishtat Bohac Haggerty Nixon Bonnen Hamilton Noriega Branch Hamric Oliveira Brown of Kaufman Hardcastle Olivo Brown of Brazos Harper-Brown Orr Burnam Hartnett Otto Callegari Hegar Paxton Campbell Hernandez Pena Casteel Herrero Phillips Castro Hilderbran Pickett Chavez Hill Pitts Chisum Hochberg Puente Coleman Hodge Quintanilla Cook of Navarro Homer Raymond Cook of Colorado Hope Reyna Corte Hopson Riddle Crabb Howard of Fort Bend Ritter Crownover Howard of Travis Rodriguez Davis of Harris Hughes Rose Davis of Dallas Hunter Seaman Dawson Hupp Smith of Tarrant Delisi Isett Smith of Harris Denny Jackson Smithee Deshotel Jones of Lubbock Solis Driver Jones of Dallas Solomons Dukes Keel Strama Dunnam Keffer of Dallas Straus Dutton Keffer of Eastland Swinford Edwards King of Parker Talton Eiland King of Zavala Taylor Eissler Kolkhorst Thompson Elkins Krusee Truitt England Kuempel Turner Escobar Laney Uresti Farabee Laubenberg Van Arsdale Farrar Leibowitz Veasey Flores Luna Villarreal Flynn Madden Vo Frost Martinez West Gallego Martinez Fischer Wong Gattis McCall Woolley Geren McClendon Zedler ______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 737 was adopted by the House on May 15, 2006, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House