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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Memories of a life filled with joyful times and |
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meaningful accomplishments remain to comfort the family and friends |
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of Celia Avila of Edinburg, who passed away on January 29, 2015, at |
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the age of 54; and |
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WHEREAS, A lifelong resident of her hometown, the former |
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Celia Salinas graduated from Edinburg High School in 1979 and went |
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on to attend The University of Texas--Pan American, where she |
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earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice in 1983; she married |
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the love of her life, Jorge Avila, in 1986, and the couple enjoyed |
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28 years together and raised two daughters, Amanda and Anyssa; and |
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WHEREAS, After working as a probation officer, Ms. Avila |
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joined the Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District in |
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1988 while pursuing her alternative teaching certification; she |
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subsequently became a teacher at Trevino Elementary, and in 2004 |
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she returned to UT--Pan American to attain a master's degree in |
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education; she then worked as a curriculum assistant at Freddy |
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Gonzalez Elementary before becoming principal of Truman |
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Elementary; and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout her quarter-century career with ECISD, |
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Ms. Avila was dedicated to enriching educational and |
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extracurricular opportunities for students; while teaching at |
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Trevino Elementary, she organized a chess club, UIL club, and dance |
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team, and she also assisted a colleague with the Edinburg North High |
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School Golden Spurs drill team; as a principal, she worked to |
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improve her school's overall performance on state assessment tests |
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and to ensure that parents became more involved in the academic |
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journeys of their children; she was also an active member of the |
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Catholic Church, especially with the youth at Capilla San Jose in La |
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Hielera; and |
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WHEREAS, The passion and generosity of spirit that Celia |
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Avila brought to every endeavor endeared her deeply to all who knew |
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her, and she will be forever treasured by those who were blessed to |
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share in her love and affection; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Celia Avila and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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husband, Jorge Avila; to her daughters, Amanda Avila and Anyssa |
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Avila and her significant other, Misael De Leon Jr.; to her parents, |
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Donato and Francisca Salinas; to her siblings, Donato Salinas Jr. |
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and his wife, Edith, Susie Mercado and her husband, Joe, Sylvia |
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Salinas, Yolanda Granados, and Inez Salinas; and to her many other |
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relatives and friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Celia |
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Avila. |
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| Anderson of Dallas |
Hernandez |
Phillips |
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| Anderson of McLennan |
Herrero |
Pickett |
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| Bonnen of Brazoria |
Johnson |
Rodriguez of Bexar |
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| Bonnen of Galveston |
Kacal |
Rodriguez of Travis |
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| Burkett |
Keffer |
Romero, Jr. |
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| Burrows |
King of Hemphill |
Sanford |
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| Button |
King of Parker |
Schaefer |
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| Canales |
King of Taylor |
Schofield |
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| Capriglione |
King of Uvalde |
Schubert |
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| Craddick |
Landgraf |
Simpson |
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| Cyrier |
Laubenberg |
Smithee |
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| Davis of Dallas |
Lozano |
Stephenson |
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| Davis of Harris |
Lucio III |
Stickland |
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| Deshotel |
Márquez |
Thompson of Brazoria |
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| Dukes |
Martinez |
Thompson of Harris |
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| Dutton |
Martinez Fischer |
Tinderholt |
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| Elkins |
McClendon |
Turner of Collin |
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| Faircloth |
Metcalf |
Turner of Harris |
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| Fallon |
Meyer |
Turner of Tarrant |
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| Farney |
Miller of Comal |
Villalba |
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| Farrar |
Miller of Fort Bend |
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| Flynn |
Morrison |
White of Bell |
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Muñoz, Jr. |
White of Tyler |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 900 was unanimously adopted by a rising |
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vote of the House on March 19, 2015. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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