HomeMy WebLinkAboutProclamation 91- Odyssey of the Mind Days May 23-25 1991
PROCLAMATION
"ODYSSEY OF THE MIND DAYS"
May 23, 24 and 25, 1991
WHEREAS Oddyssey of the Mind challenges students in grades K-12 to come
up with creative solutions to one of five problems. Students
presented their solutions at regional competitions throughout the
state, and winning teams advanced to the state meet in Bozeman.
State winners are now eligible to advance to the World Finals
competition, where they will compete with teams from around the
United States and around the world, including teams from China,
Mexico, USSR, Canada and Poland; and
WHEREAS the Montana Odyssey of the Mind program has grown from 1 school
membership in 1981 to 118 schools in 1991; and several thousand
students from across the state participated in this year's state
meet; and
WHEREAS three Bozeman teams were first place winners and one team was a
second place winner in the Odyssey of the Mind state competition
held in Bozeman on Saturday, March 16, 1991; and
WHEREAS those teams were comprised of the following students:
Bozeman Junior High School - first place in Problem Buggy--Light
Division 2. Karin Blake, Ryan Olson, Garrick Peterson, Chris
Fowlkes, James Larsen, Owen Shively. Coach: Patty Blake.
Wi IIson School - first place in Problem Super Collider Division 2.
Warren Kommers, Jenny Hanson, Judi Arbuckle, Thresa Pattee,
William Dwyer, Mike Cashman, Mark Pence. Coach: Diane
Kommers/ Jack Hanson.
Irving School - first place in Problem Super Collider Division 1.
Jared Barber, Ryan Berger, Tanisha Boyer, Kaye Cheever, Kurt
Hanson, Timothy Oakberg, Abby Ward. Coach: Jack Hanson/
Bernice Oakberg.
Bozeman Junior/Senior High School - second place in Super
Collider. Bryan Popiel, Mary Campbell, Charlie Able, Don Jenkins
and Nick Daniels. Coach: Mike Popiel; and
WHEREAS the above-listed students finishing in first place are now eligible to
attend the World Finals, which will be held in Knoxville, Tennessee,
on May 23, 24 and 25, 1991; and
WHEREAS the students are now in the process of fund raising for this event
and have received, to date, a grant from the Dennis R. Washington
Foundation to cover a portion of "ihe travel costs.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert L. Hawks, Mayor of the City of
Bozeman, do hereby proclaim May 23, 24 and 25, 1991, as
"ODYSSEY OF THE MIND DAYS"
in the City of Bozeman and encourage all residents and business owners
to participate in whatever way possible to recognize the efforts of these
students and to help provide the necessary funding for their attendance at the
World Finals.
I N WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and caused
the great seal of the City of
Bozeman, in the State of Montana,
to be affixed at Bozeman, Montana,
this 22nd day of April, in the year of
our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred
and N~etY-On/'
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R6ri R L. HAWKS
Mayor
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