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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Emerald Arista has shown great initiative and school |
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spirit by serving on the student council for Treetops Intermediate |
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School in Euless; and |
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WHEREAS, The fifth- and sixth-grade students who serve on the |
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council devote several hours each month to important projects that |
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help their schoolmates and other residents of their community; with |
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the assistance of council advisor Marci Clanton-Meyer and Treetops |
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director Lou Blanchard, these responsible young Texans are doing |
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their part to improve the world around them while learning |
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important lessons about civic involvement; and |
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WHEREAS, A member of the Treetops Intermediate School Student |
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Council for two years, Ms. Arista is a past historian of the |
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council, which gave her the responsibility of taking pictures of |
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the group's events; she has participated in a variety of community |
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and school projects, including a group effort to adopt a nursing |
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home and a literacy program to assist younger students; in |
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addition, Ms. Arista led campus tours for visitors and welcomed new |
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students to Treetops and helped plan Red Ribbon Week, part of a |
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national program that allows students to learn the dangers of drugs |
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and alcohol, and she used her creativity to honor Dr. Martin Luther |
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King, Jr., by contributing to a mural that illustrates the "I Have A |
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Dream" speech; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Arista has also been involved in activities that |
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support the U.S. troops serving overseas, including Operation |
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Valentine and Flags Across America; for these projects, she created |
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valentine cards and hand-drawn flags that contained messages for |
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active-duty military personnel; moreover, she was involved in the |
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Veteran's Day project that recognized family members for their |
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military service by including their names on a wall of honor in the |
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classroom, and she was part of a welcome party for returning |
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soldiers at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport; in |
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completing all of these important projects, Ms. Arista has devoted |
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more than 45 hours to her council volunteer work; and |
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WHEREAS, Committed to bettering her school and community, |
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Emerald Arista has played an important role in student council |
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activities, and her dedication and hard work indeed merit special |
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recognition; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Emerald Arista for her service on the |
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Treetops Intermediate School Student Council and extend to her best |
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wishes for continued achievement as a student and citizen; and, be |
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it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Arista as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Smith of Tarrant |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1582 was adopted by the House on May |
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11, 2007, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |