| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 660 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Proud members of the Blanco High School speech and |
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| 6 | 6 | | debate team won impressive victories at two University |
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| 7 | 7 | | Interscholastic League academic tournaments in January 2009; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, The Blanco debate team has won four state |
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| 9 | 9 | | championships since 2000, as well as 15 district championships; its |
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| 10 | 10 | | members have included three state champions in the Lincoln-Douglas |
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| 11 | 11 | | Debate event, and many members have earned medals or reached the |
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| 12 | 12 | | finals in a variety of other events; and |
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| 13 | 13 | | WHEREAS, The school's speech team has been AA State Runner-up |
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| 14 | 14 | | in the Speech Team Sweepstakes three times, with three finishes in |
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| 15 | 15 | | the top five; the team has also won a regional championship and 15 |
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| 16 | 16 | | district championships; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, At the 2009 Hendrickson Hawk UIL Academic Tournament |
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| 18 | 18 | | in Pflugerville on January 17, the Blanco team won several |
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| 19 | 19 | | victories, including a first place win in persuasive speaking by |
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| 20 | 20 | | Wes Stults and third place wins for Angelica Avila in both |
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| 21 | 21 | | informative speaking and poetry interpretation; Hillary Tidwell |
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| 22 | 22 | | and Jacob Troublefield took third place in CX Debate, and Sydni Kipp |
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| 23 | 23 | | and Kristen Mancha placed seventh in CX Debate; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, The following weekend, the team was also victorious |
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| 25 | 25 | | at the 2009 Burnet High School Bulldog UIL Invitational, where |
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| 26 | 26 | | Taylor Holden won first place in the Lincoln-Douglas Debate and |
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| 27 | 27 | | Angelica Avila won first place in informative speaking and second |
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| 28 | 28 | | in poetry interpretation; Ecce Bradfute took second in informative |
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| 29 | 29 | | speaking, Braxton Guinn placed sixth in informative speaking, |
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| 30 | 30 | | Travis McClinton took third in poetry interpretation, and Chandler |
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| 31 | 31 | | Ashley placed third in spelling; in addition, Briar Koehl and Allen |
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| 32 | 32 | | Strandtman won third place in CX Debate, and Hillary Tidwell and |
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| 33 | 33 | | Jacob Troublefield took sixth; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | WHEREAS, Under the leadership of coach Russell Kirkscey, the |
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| 35 | 35 | | talented and hardworking students of Blanco's speech and debate |
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| 36 | 36 | | team have repeatedly distinguished themselves at all levels of |
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| 37 | 37 | | academic competition, and they may take great pride in the |
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| 38 | 38 | | recognition they have earned through their skill and dedication; |
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| 39 | 39 | | now, therefore, be it |
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| 40 | 40 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 41 | 41 | | Legislature hereby congratulate the members of the Blanco High |
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| 42 | 42 | | School speech and debate team on their victories in 2009 and extend |
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| 43 | 43 | | to these outstanding students sincere best wishes for continued |
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| 44 | 44 | | success; and, be it further |
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| 45 | 45 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 46 | 46 | | prepared for the team as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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| 47 | 47 | | House of Representatives. |
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| 48 | 48 | | Rose |
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| 49 | 49 | | ______________________________ |
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| 50 | 50 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 51 | 51 | | I certify that H.R. No. 660 was adopted by the House on March |
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| 52 | 52 | | 4, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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| 53 | 53 | | ______________________________ |
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| 54 | 54 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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