H.R. No. 2272
 
R E S O L U T I O N
       WHEREAS, Melanie Sue Schroedter has provided invaluable
service as a legislative intern in the office of State
Representative Yvonne Gonzalez Toureilles during the 80th Texas
Legislative Session; and
       WHEREAS, The daughter of Mike and Kay Schroedter, Ms.
Schroedter grew up on a farm in Jim Wells County; when her mother
died in 2001, Ms. Schroedter took on many additional family
responsibilities, and at the age of 15 she was driving tractors and
herding cattle alongside her father; despite these hardships, Ms.
Schroedter participated in the FFA, competed at three consecutive
state power-lifting championships, and graduated valedictorian of
her senior class at Orange Grove High School in 2005; and
       WHEREAS, Today, this remarkable young woman is an
agricultural economics major at Texas A&M University, where she
maintains a 3.8 grade point average and serves as a member of Aggie
REPS, the National AgriMarketing Association, and the College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences Council; she is looking forward to
studying abroad in France this summer before returning to College
Station to complete her degree; and
       WHEREAS, Through her strong work ethic and positive attitude,
Melanie Schroedter has demonstrated a commitment to excellence in
all that she undertakes, and her work for the legislature has
greatly benefited the citizens of House District 35; now,
therefore, be it
       RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas
Legislature hereby commend Melanie Sue Schroedter on her exemplary
tenure as a legislative intern and extend to her warmest best wishes
for continued success and happiness; and, be it further
       RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Ms. Schroedter as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.
Gonzalez Toureilles
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Speaker of the House     
       I certify that H.R. No. 2272 was adopted by the House on May
18, 2007, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House