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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Ashley Melnick, Miss Texas 2010, and Madison Fuller, |
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Miss Teen Texas 2010, are visiting Austin to celebrate Miss Texas |
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Day at the State Capitol on March 28, 2011; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Fort Worth, Ashley Melnick is a |
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broadcast journalism major at Texas Christian University, where she |
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is on the dean's list and is a recipient of a TCU Academic Merit |
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Scholarship; she is a member of the Student Foundation and covers |
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state and national government news for the Daily Skiff, the student
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newspaper; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Melnick graduated from high school with Texas |
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Scholars distinction and was a member of the National Honor |
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Society; a talented musician, she received the Music School of |
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Delaware Jacqueline Beach Faulcon Scholarship, and she is a worship |
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music leader; affiliated with the Autism Society of America, she is |
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acting as an autism spokesperson during her tenure as Miss Texas; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Madison Fuller is from Fairfield, where she attends |
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Fairfield High School; she was selected for the Duke University |
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Talent Identification Program and received the President's Award |
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for Academic Excellence; in addition, she took first place in the |
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University Interscholastic League oral reading competition; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Fuller wrote and illustrated a children's book |
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on how to deal with bullying, and she has made the alleviation of |
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bullying the platform of her tenure as Miss Teen Texas; her other |
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activities include varsity cheerleading, volunteering for the Camp |
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of the Rising Sun, and serving as president of Future Farmers of |
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America Greenhand; she has performed onstage in Branson, Missouri, |
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and she plans to earn a degree in journalism and become a broadcast |
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journalist; and |
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WHEREAS, Ashley Melnick and Madison Fuller are outstanding |
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young Texans and admirable representatives of the Lone Star State, |
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and they are indeed worthy of special recognition; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize March 28, 2011, as Miss Texas Day at |
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the State Capitol and extend to Miss Texas Ashley Melnick and Miss |
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Teen Texas Madison Fuller sincere best wishes for continued success |
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and a bright future. |