| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 2105 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Fifteen students from Ben Barber Career and |
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| 6 | 6 | | Technology Academy of the Mansfield Independent School District won |
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| 7 | 7 | | great distinction for themselves and their school at the 61st |
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| 8 | 8 | | annual SkillsUSA Texas Leadership and Skills Championships in |
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| 9 | 9 | | Corpus Christi in April 2009; and |
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| 10 | 10 | | WHEREAS, Sponsored by SkillsUSA, a national nonprofit |
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| 11 | 11 | | organization for trade and technical students, the state |
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| 12 | 12 | | championship brings together more than 5,200 Texas high school |
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| 13 | 13 | | students to compete in over 150 different career and technical |
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| 14 | 14 | | fields; and |
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| 15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, This year's winners from Ben Barber include Hileigh |
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| 16 | 16 | | Armenta and Jonathan Solis, who took first place in the audio radio |
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| 17 | 17 | | production contest by scripting and creating a radio piece |
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| 18 | 18 | | incorporating interviews and homemade sound effects; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, The construction tech team of J. R. Buford, |
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| 20 | 20 | | Francisco Rodriguez, Philip Creasemen, and Hugo Dominguez took |
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| 21 | 21 | | first in the Team Works category by building a room from the ground |
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| 22 | 22 | | up during the allotted time; this was their second consecutive |
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| 23 | 23 | | state title; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, Also taking first place were Murphy La, for |
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| 25 | 25 | | automotive service technical information, and Alex Romans in the |
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| 26 | 26 | | technical computer applications category; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | WHEREAS, Marcus Riddle earned second place in electronics |
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| 28 | 28 | | technology, while David Fenton took third place in the power |
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| 29 | 29 | | equipment technology category and Michael Atwood took third in |
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| 30 | 30 | | electronics technology technical information; Ty Vaughn placed |
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| 31 | 31 | | third in marine service technology, Joel Ash placed fourth in |
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| 32 | 32 | | residential wiring, and David Boyd and Mike Caho placed sixth and |
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| 33 | 33 | | seventh, respectively, in the masonry competition; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | WHEREAS, The students of Ben Barber Career Tech Academy have |
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| 35 | 35 | | indeed made an impressive showing at this highly competitive event, |
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| 36 | 36 | | establishing themselves as a tremendous source of pride for their |
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| 37 | 37 | | school, families, and community; now, therefore, be it |
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| 38 | 38 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 39 | 39 | | Legislature hereby congratulate the students of Ben Barber Career |
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| 40 | 40 | | and Technology Academy on their victories at the SkillsUSA Texas |
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| 41 | 41 | | championships and extend to them sincere best wishes for continued |
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| 42 | 42 | | success and a bright future; and, be it further |
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| 43 | 43 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 44 | 44 | | prepared for the students of the academy as an expression of high |
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| 45 | 45 | | regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |
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| 46 | 46 | | Turner of Tarrant |
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| 47 | 47 | | ______________________________ |
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| 48 | 48 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 49 | 49 | | I certify that H.R. No. 2105 was adopted by the House on May |
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| 50 | 50 | | 21, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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| 51 | 51 | | ______________________________ |
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| 52 | 52 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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