82R22065 MDM-D
By: Gooden H.R. No. 1520
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Rebecca Leigh Rowe of Wills Point has completed the
rigorous requirements necessary to earn the Girl Scout Gold Award,
the highest award a Girl Scout can attain; and
WHEREAS, To achieve this distinction, a young woman must meet
exacting prerequisites that promote community service, personal
and spiritual growth, positive values, and leadership skills, and
she must plan and execute a Gold Award project that will be of
lasting benefit to the community; and
WHEREAS, Throughout her 12-year scouting career, this fine
young Texan has demonstrated outstanding dedication to the ideals
of the Girl Scout program and gained the respect and admiration of
her peers as she pursued the Gold Award; and
WHEREAS, In addition to compiling an impressive record of
accomplishments in scouting, Becca Rowe has excelled in academics
and in a number of other extracurricular pursuits; an officer in the
National Honor Society, she has won honors for headline writing,
editorial writing, and literary criticism in UIL journalism team
competition, earned a silver Presidential Volunteer Service Award,
and received four Who's Who awards from her school; moreover, she
plays clarinet in the Wills Point Symphonic Band and has been named
to the All-Region Band three times and the All-Area Band once; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Rowe has proven herself to be an exemplary
member of the Girl Scouts, and she may indeed reflect with pride on
a job well done; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Rebecca Leigh Rowe on joining the
elite group of Girl Scout Gold Award recipients and extend to her
sincere best wishes for continued success and happiness; and, be it
further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Ms. Rowe as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.