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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Having demonstrated great promise as a student and |
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citizen, Tajah Burton is being recognized at the Reginald Keith |
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Guillory Scholarship/Academic Awards Luncheon on April 14, 2007; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, This gathering is honoring 16 students in grades 5 |
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through 12 who have distinguished themselves through their academic |
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pursuits and civic involvement; the awards pay tribute to the |
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memory of Reginald Keith Guillory, a student, musician, and member |
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of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Houston, whose tragic death in |
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an auto accident at age 18 prompted area residents to create a |
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scholarship fund; and |
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WHEREAS, A most deserving recipient of this honor, Tajah |
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Burton is the 18-year-old daughter of Tammy S. Burton; she is an |
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honor student at Kempner High School and a member of Good Hope |
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Missionary Baptist Church; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Burton has received the Presidential Award for |
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Physical Fitness and certificates for most artistic, national |
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physical fitness, and music, as well as medals for track and field; |
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she is a member of the West Oaks School of Music and the Kempner High |
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School Orchestra and has played with the Polytechnic High School |
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Orchestra in Long Beach, California; she aspires to attend the |
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University of Houston to study music theory and composition, as |
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well as business management, and she hopes to one day own her own |
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music school and business; and |
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WHEREAS, This fine young Texan is a source of tremendous |
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pride to her family and teachers, and it is a pleasure to recognize |
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Tajah Burton as an exemplary member of the community whose many |
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achievements foretell a bright future; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Tajah Burton on being a 2007 |
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honoree of the Reginald Keith Guillory Scholarship/Academic Awards |
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Luncheon and extend to her best wishes for additional success; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Burton as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Dutton |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1319 was adopted by the House on April |
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10, 2007, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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