84R13118 WG-D
By: Guillen H.R. No. 1841
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Jasmine Chapa, a fifth-grader at Sarita Elementary
School, took top honors in the 2014 Texas Conservation Awards
Poster Contest; and
WHEREAS, Sponsored by the Texas State Soil and Water
Conservation Board and the Association of Texas Soil and Water
Conservation Districts, the contest required participants to
demonstrate the importance of conservation and of caring for one's
natural surroundings; entrants age 12 and under were given the
opportunity to express their artistic ability while trying to
convey the theme, "Where Does Your Watershed?"; and
WHEREAS, The daughter of Trista Suarez and Michael and
Michelle Chapa, Jasmine won the Kleberg-Kenedy Soil and Water
Conservation District competition in February 2014, finishing
first out of 447 entries; she then beat out 59 other worthy
contestants at the Area III-level event, before her poster was
selected as the overall state winner at TSSWCB's annual meeting in
October; and
WHEREAS, This talented young Texan has set an outstanding
example of skill and creativity, and she is a source of great pride
to her family and to her school; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Jasmine Chapa on winning the Texas
Conservation Awards Poster Contest and extend to her sincere best
wishes for continued success; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Jasmine Chapa as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.