SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 862
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is proud to
recognize the Eastern Hills High School Junior Reserve Officers'
Training Corps Battalion, also known as the Highlanders, which
recently won the Grand Champion prize at the annual Fort Worth
Independent School District Showdown in Cowtown drill meet; and
WHEREAS, The Highlanders earned first, second, or third
place in all seven male and female categories to secure the
coveted Grand Champion award; and
WHEREAS, Each year, this much-anticipated meet pits the
competitive special teams from each school in the district
against one another and evaluates their performance in drill,
physical fitness, color guard, and academic challenge; and
WHEREAS, In an impressive display of their precision
skills and their collaborative abilities, the Eastern Hills
corps members triumphed over their competitors, and their
victory reinforces the battalion's proud 50-year tradition; and
WHEREAS, Organized in 1962, the Highlander Battalion today
consists of 141 highly trained corps members, encompassing 12
percent of the school's overall enrollment; the Highlanders are
led by retired Lieutenant Colonel Michael Keris of the United
States Army; his battalion is an exemplary group of young
scholars and future officers who have dedicated themselves to
self-discipline, leadership, and patriotic duty, and they are
indeed deserving of high praise; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd
Legislature, hereby commend the Eastern Hills High School Junior
Officers' Training Corps Highlanders for their recent triumph as
Grand Champions at the Showdown in Cowtown drill meet; and, be it
further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
the Highlanders as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate.
Davis
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on May 9, 2013.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate