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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Teacher Becky Bader has been named the 2008 Citizen |
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of the Year by the Bellville Lions Club; and |
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WHEREAS, Beginning her career in education as a first-grade |
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instructor at O'Bryant Primary School in 1990, Mrs. Bader moved to |
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the sixth grade at Bellville Junior High School two years later; she |
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has taught at Bellville High School since 1998, focusing on |
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Pre-Advanced Placement English; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to the myriad responsibilities inherent |
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in her role as an educator, Becky Bader has lent her time and |
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talents to a host of extracurricular endeavors; she has served as |
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the UIL academic coordinator, literary criticism coach, and ready |
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writing coach, and one of her students won the 2006 Class 3A state |
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championship in ready writing; she has also sponsored the BHS |
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Writing Club and the VFW Voice of Democracy contest, and she |
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continually encourages her students to participate in such |
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competitions as the Lions Club speech and essay contests; moreover, |
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on the state level, she fulfilled a four-year term on the Texas |
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Education Agency development and review committee for the Texas |
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Assessment of Knowledge and Skills; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Bader has been recognized by a number of other |
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organizations as well as by her students; she was named the Wal-Mart |
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Teacher of the Year in 2005, received the Bellville ISD Golden Bell |
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and Starfish Awards, has been nominated yearly to Who's Who Among |
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American Teachers, and was presented an Academic Excellence Award |
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by the 2007 graduating seniors; and |
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WHEREAS, In all her endeavors, she enjoys the love and |
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support of her husband, Ian Bader, who was named Citizen of the Year |
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in 1998; and |
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WHEREAS, For nearly two decades, this esteemed professional |
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has been dedicated to educating, inspiring, and encouraging young |
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Texans, and her receipt of this prestigious award demonstrates the |
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high regard in which she is held by her fellow citizens; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Becky Bader on her selection as the |
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2008 Citizen of the Year by the Bellville Lions Club and extend to |
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her sincere best wishes for continued success and happiness; 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 Mrs. Bader as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Kolkhorst |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1039 was adopted by the House on April |
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2, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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