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