| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 543 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Emily Elizabeth Gould of Girl Scouts of America |
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| 6 | 6 | | Troop No. 2529 in Fort Worth has attained the organization's |
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| 7 | 7 | | highest commendation, the Gold Award, and she is being recognized |
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| 8 | 8 | | at a ceremony on March 29, 2009, at St. Stephen Presbyterian Church; |
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| 9 | 9 | | and |
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| 10 | 10 | | WHEREAS, To achieve this distinction, a young woman must meet |
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| 11 | 11 | | requirements that promote community service, personal growth, |
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| 12 | 12 | | positive values, and leadership skills; in addition, she must plan |
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| 13 | 13 | | and implement a special Girl Scout Gold Award project of at least 50 |
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| 14 | 14 | | work hours that meets a need in her community; and |
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| 15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, For her project, Ms. Gould focused on the issue of |
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| 16 | 16 | | childhood obesity; to promote exercise among young students, she |
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| 17 | 17 | | repainted the playground at a local elementary school, developed |
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| 18 | 18 | | games for children to play on the hopscotch and foursquare |
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| 19 | 19 | | patterns, and spent a day teaching the games to the students; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, A Paschal High School senior, Ms. Gould is a 13-year |
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| 21 | 21 | | member of Girl Scouts who has earned the organization's Bronze and |
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| 22 | 22 | | Silver Awards; during the summer of 2008, she represented the Texas |
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| 23 | 23 | | Oklahoma Plains Council at an international scouting event in |
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| 24 | 24 | | London, England; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | WHEREAS, Emily Gould has proven herself to be an exemplary |
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| 26 | 26 | | and productive member of the Girl Scouts and her community, and she |
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| 27 | 27 | | may reflect with great pride on a job well done; now, therefore, be |
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| 28 | 28 | | it |
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| 29 | 29 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 30 | 30 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Emily Elizabeth Gould on her |
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| 31 | 31 | | receipt of the Girl Scout Gold Award and extend to her best wishes |
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| 32 | 32 | | for the coming years; and, be it further |
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| 33 | 33 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 34 | 34 | | prepared for Ms. Gould as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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| 35 | 35 | | House of Representatives. |
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| 36 | 36 | | Shelton |
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| 37 | 37 | | ______________________________ |
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| 38 | 38 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 39 | 39 | | I certify that H.R. No. 543 was adopted by the House on |
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| 40 | 40 | | February 23, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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| 41 | 41 | | ______________________________ |
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| 42 | 42 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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