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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Rebecca Leigh Rowe of Wills Point has completed the |
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rigorous requirements necessary to earn the Girl Scout Gold Award, |
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the highest award a Girl Scout can attain; and |
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WHEREAS, To achieve this distinction, a young woman must meet |
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exacting prerequisites that promote community service, personal |
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and spiritual growth, positive values, and leadership skills, and |
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she must plan and execute a Gold Award project that will be of |
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lasting benefit to the community; and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout her 12-year scouting career, this fine |
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young Texan has demonstrated outstanding dedication to the ideals |
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of the Girl Scout program and gained the respect and admiration of |
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her peers as she pursued the Gold Award; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to compiling an impressive record of |
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accomplishments in scouting, Becca Rowe has excelled in academics |
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and in a number of other extracurricular pursuits; an officer in the |
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National Honor Society, she has won honors for headline writing, |
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editorial writing, and literary criticism in UIL journalism team |
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competition, earned a silver Presidential Volunteer Service Award, |
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and received four Who's Who awards from her school; moreover, she |
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plays clarinet in the Wills Point Symphonic Band and has been named |
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to the All-Region Band three times and the All-Area Band once; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Rowe has proven herself to be an exemplary |
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member of the Girl Scouts, and she may indeed reflect with pride on |
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a job well done; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Rebecca Leigh Rowe on joining the |
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elite group of Girl Scout Gold Award recipients and extend to her |
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sincere best wishes for continued success and happiness; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Rowe as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Gooden |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1520 was adopted by the House on April |
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27, 2011, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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