84R12331 JGH-D
 
  By: Herrero H.R. No. 1166
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, Alfredo Reyna Flores and Alvaro Gaona of Foy
  H. Moody High School in Corpus Christi have earned well-deserved
  recognition by taking third place in the plate division at the 11th
  annual American Welding Society Mike Mylnar Memorial Welding
  Contest; and
         WHEREAS, Held in conjunction with the Nueces County Junior
  Livestock Show on January 9, 2015, this unique vocational education
  event drew 120 students from 21 schools; and
         WHEREAS, In the plate division competition, two students, a
  welder and a helper, are tasked with fabricating a T-bar from two
  pieces of steel plate, based on a drawing provided before the
  contest; Mr. Flores and Mr. Gaona came in third while competing
  against 36 other teams; they are both juniors at Moody High School,
  where their welding teacher is Oscar Medina; and
         WHEREAS, These two young men exhibited exemplary skill and
  dedication during their award-winning performance, and they may
  indeed look forward to a future bright with promise; now,
  therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
  Legislature hereby congratulate Alfredo Reyna Flores and Alvaro
  Gaona on taking third place in the plate division at the 2015 AWS
  Mike Mylnar Memorial Welding Contest and extend to them sincere
  best wishes for continued success; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared
  for Mr. Flores and Mr. Gaona as an expression of high regard by the
  Texas House of Representatives.