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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The team from Entertainment Series of Irving took |
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top honors in the "Irving Trivia--the City and the Man" contest at |
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Valley Ranch Library on April 19, 2009; and |
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WHEREAS, Sponsored by the Irving Heritage Society, the Irving |
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Public Library, and the Irving Independent School District, the |
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contest was part of "Celebrating Irving--The City and the Man," a |
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monthlong commemoration of the 226th birthday of the American |
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writer Washington Irving, author of the classic story "Rip van |
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Winkle" and the namesake of the city of Irving; and |
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WHEREAS, The trivia contest tested each team's knowledge of |
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the history of the city of Irving and the life of Washington Irving; |
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11 teams entered the preliminary rounds, with four making it to the |
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finals at Valley Ranch Library; and |
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WHEREAS, The winning team from Entertainment Series of Irving |
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scored an early victory by knowing that, in Washington Irving's |
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story, the character Rip van Winkle left his home to get away from |
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his nagging wife; they triumphed after a grueling round of 16 |
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tiebreaker and 2 sudden-death questions by knowing that the monks |
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who founded the Cistercian Preparatory School in Irving were |
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originally from Hungary; and |
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WHEREAS, Sharing in the victory at this fun and informative |
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event were the four members of the ESI team, Max Whitley, Richard |
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Knoll, Marlene Steward, and F. M. Gilbert, and they may indeed take |
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pride in their comprehensive knowledge of their community and of |
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the man who shares his name with the city; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Max Whitley, Richard Knoll, |
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Marlene Steward, and F. M. Gilbert of Entertainment Series of |
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Irving for winning the 2009 "Irving Trivia--the City and the Man" |
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contest and extend to the team's members sincere best wishes for |
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continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the team as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |