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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Riley Ornelas 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 one year, Ms. Ornelas serves as secretary and is |
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responsible for maintaining a record of the members' service hours; |
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she has participated in a variety of council projects, including a |
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literacy program to assist younger students and a group effort to |
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adopt a nursing home, and she has led campus tours for visitors and |
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welcomed new students to Treetops; she also helped plan Red Ribbon |
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Week, a national program that allows students to learn the dangers |
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of drugs and alcohol, and contributed to a mural that illustrates |
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the "I Have A Dream" speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Ornelas has also been involved in council |
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activities that support the U.S. troops serving overseas, including |
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Operation Valentine and Flags Across America; for these projects, |
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she created valentine cards and hand-drawn flags that contained |
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messages for active-duty military personnel; moreover, she was |
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involved in the Veteran's Day project that recognized family |
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members for their military service by including their names on a |
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wall of honor in the classroom, and she was part of a welcome party |
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for returning soldiers at the Dallas/Fort Worth International |
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Airport; in completing her many assignments, she has logged more |
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than 35 hours of work as a student council volunteer; and |
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WHEREAS, Committed to bettering her school and community, |
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Riley Ornelas 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 Riley Ornelas 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. Ornelas as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas 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. 1587 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 |