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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Nine-year-old Katie Chaix has received the Life |
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Saver Award from her school, Cecil Everett Elementary School of |
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Paris, for saving the life of her younger sister with the Heimlich |
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maneuver; and |
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WHEREAS, The Chaix family was at dinner one evening when |
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Katie's five-year-old sister, Chloe, stopped eating, clutched her |
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throat, and began to turn blue; and |
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WHEREAS, Only two days before, in a physical education class |
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taught by North Lamar Independent School District nurse Carla |
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Spann, Miss Chaix had learned that grabbing one's throat is the |
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universal sign for choking; she also learned, in that same class, |
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how to dislodge food by using the Heimlich maneuver; and |
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WHEREAS, The quick-thinking Miss Chaix immediately |
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recognized that her little sister was choking and sprang to her aid; |
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remembering what she had learned in nurse Spann's presentation, she |
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got young Chloe out of her chair and performed the Heimlich |
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maneuver, clearing her airway and saving her life; and |
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WHEREAS, The girls' mother, Shellie Chaix, contacted the |
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school to express her gratitude for her daughter's lesson in the |
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lifesaving technique, and during a recent assembly, Katie Chaix was |
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honored by her school with the Life Saver Award; and |
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WHEREAS, By paying close attention in class and using what |
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she had learned skillfully and without hesitation, Katie Chaix |
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rescued a loved one and averted what could have been a terrible |
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tragedy; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 80th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby commend Katie Chaix for saving the life of her sister and |
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congratulate her on her receipt of a Life Saver Award from Cecil |
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Everett Elementary School; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Miss Chaix as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives and Senate. |
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Homer |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.C.R. No. 216 was adopted by the House on May |
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11, 2007, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.C.R. No. 216 was adopted by the Senate on May |
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22, 2007, by a viva-voce vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |