HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 93-4641, by Representatives Ogden, H. Myers, Morris and Carlson

            WHEREAS, The House of Representatives endeavors to recognize all types of outstanding accomplishments; and

            WHEREAS, The Knowledge Master Open challenges students from around the world, as well as all fifty states, with a rigorous academic competition that tests the students' knowledge, comprehension, application, and analytical skills; and

            WHEREAS, A team of students from Shumway Middle School accepted the challenge of this difficult, two and one-half hour, two hundred question academic event; and

            WHEREAS, The average middle school team could only hope to score 1342 points out of a possible 2000 points; and

            WHEREAS, The Shumway Middle School Knowledge Master Open Team, consisting of seventh grade students Matt Cameron, Megan Denny, Clay Hanson, Rowan Kaiser, Chris Rich, and Lindsay Nelson, and eighth grade students April Beckwith, Amanda Peachy, Bobby Jacky, Regi Jones, Jon Marshall, Adrian Rice, Aaron Rose, Andy Sullivan, Court Tisdale, and Noah Magram, was far superior to the average middle school team, and obtained a score of 1626; and

            WHEREAS, This score was the best among all of the competing middle schools in Washington state, and was 32nd out of 1379 middle schools across the nation;

            NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the state of Washington recognize and honor the victorious Shumway Middle School Knowledge Master Open Team; and

            BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be immediately transmitted by the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives to each member of the Shumway Middle School Knowledge Master Open Team; to Karen Landerholm, the Knowledge Bowl adviser; to Terry Nelson, Shumway Middle School principal; and to the student body president of Shumway Middle School.

                                       I hereby certify this to be a true and correct copy of

                                 Resolution 4641 adopted by the House of Representatives

                                                                      April 14, 1993.

                                                ________________________________

                                                           Alan Thompson, Chief Clerk