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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Alex Villela, a student at Baker Middle School in |
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| 6 | 7 | | Corpus Christi, was part of the team that won the middle school |
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| 7 | 8 | | category at the regional Science Bowl competition held at The |
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| 8 | 9 | | University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on February 4, 2017; and |
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| 9 | 10 | | WHEREAS, Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of |
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| 10 | 11 | | Science, the Science Bowl is an academic competition that brings |
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| 11 | 12 | | together middle and high school students from around the nation to |
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| 12 | 13 | | participate in a fast-paced contest that touches on disciplines |
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| 13 | 14 | | ranging from biology and chemistry to physics and math; at the |
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| 14 | 15 | | regional level, the members of the winning Baker Middle School team |
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| 15 | 16 | | beat out 19 other teams from South Texas to earn an all-expenses |
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| 16 | 17 | | paid trip to Washington, D.C., where they will take part in the |
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| 17 | 18 | | national competition being held from April 27 to May 1, 2017; and |
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| 18 | 19 | | WHEREAS, Alex Villela is in the International Baccalaureate |
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| 19 | 20 | | gifted and talented program at Baker Middle School; in addition to |
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| 20 | 21 | | being a vital component of the Science Bowl team, he plays football |
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| 21 | 22 | | and participates in the Art Club and student council, and he enjoys |
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| 22 | 23 | | listening to music in his spare time; and |
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| 23 | 24 | | WHEREAS, With their fine showing in the regional Science Bowl |
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| 24 | 25 | | competition, the members of the winning Baker Middle School team |
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| 25 | 26 | | have brought credit to their school and their community, and Alex |
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| 26 | 27 | | Villela may take justifiable pride in his contributions to the |
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| 27 | 28 | | team's outstanding accomplishment; now, therefore, be it |
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| 28 | 29 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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| 29 | 30 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Alex Villela on being part of the |
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| 30 | 31 | | 2017 regional Science Bowl middle school championship team and |
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| 31 | 32 | | extend to him sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it |
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| 32 | 33 | | further |
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| 33 | 34 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 34 | 35 | | prepared for Alex as an expression of high regard by the Texas House |
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| 35 | 36 | | of Representatives. |
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