1-1 S.R. No. 339 1-2 SENATE RESOLUTION 1-3 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is proud to recognize 1-4 the Sinton High School Academic Decathlon Team on winning the State 1-5 Championship in the Small Schools Division for the third year in a 1-6 row; and 1-7 WHEREAS, The Sinton team finished the competition with 39,546 1-8 points; they were 1,900 points ahead of their arch rivals, 1-9 Lake Travis; and 1-10 WHEREAS, The members of the Academic Team worked extremely hard 1-11 to win this competition; their investment of time and energy was 1-12 rewarded with this third victory; and 1-13 WHEREAS, Five faculty members devoted their time to coaching 1-14 the academic team: Maggie Gibson, Linda Dietz, Mary Connors, 1-15 Kathy Hendrick, and Gene Kasprzyk; and 1-16 WHEREAS, Team members who worked hard to prepare themselves 1-17 include: Steve Smith, Paul Campbell, Sandra Duhart, Clay Oehlke, 1-18 Claude Vandeveer, Chris Murphy, Shanna Hesseltine, Shana Culpepper, 1-19 and Cody Lankford; and 1-20 WHEREAS, The level of expertise shown by the Sinton High School 1-21 Academic Decathlon Team was most impressive; and 1-22 WHEREAS, Exhibiting perseverance and hard work, the members of 1-23 the team and the coaches deserve to be proud of their efforts and 2-1 outstanding performances; now, therefore, be it 2-2 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-3 75th Legislature, hereby join the staff, faculty, and students 2-4 of Sinton High School in congratulating the Sinton High School 2-5 Academic Decathlon Team for winning the championship for the third 2-6 consecutive year; and, be it further 2-7 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for the 2-8 team as an expression of the esteem and regard of the Texas Senate. 2-9 Truan 2-10 Armbrister Galloway Ogden 2-11 Barrientos Harris Patterson 2-12 Bivins Haywood Ratliff 2-13 Brown Lindsay Shapiro 2-14 Cain Lucio Shapleigh 2-15 Carona Luna Sibley 2-16 Duncan Madla Wentworth 2-17 Ellis Moncrief West 2-18 Fraser Nelson Whitmire 2-19 Gallegos Nixon Zaffirini 2-20 Bullock, President of the Senate 2-21 ______________________________________ 2-22 President of the Senate 2-23 I hereby certify that the above 2-24 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-25 on March 17, 1997. 2-26 ______________________________________ 2-27 Secretary of the Senate 2-28 ______________________________________ 2-29 Dean of the Senate