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Continuing the Lege love-in this morning at Chronic, we should note the House has spent the better part of the morning dispensing honors and awards, most recently to Chelsea Schwartz, Miss West Texas.
Not to knock the Teacher of the Year honorees that are up now, but, let us say, in our best Chris Tucker impersonation, daaamn! Chelsea makes us proud to hail from El Paso.
This article appears in April 20 • 2007.
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