Columbus, Georgia

A RESOLUTION





WHEREAS, Samuel Coffin, a fifth-grade student at Brookstone School, recently

won the 2002 National Geographic Bee of Georgia;



WHEREAS, the competition was held on Friday, April 5, 2002 at Georgia College &

State University in Milledgeville;



WHEREAS, Samuel will compete in the national competition on May 21-22, 2002 in

Washington, D.C. against 54 other state and territory champions for a $25,000

college scholarship;



WHEREAS, he is believed to be the youngest state winner in Georgia's 14-year

history of running a geography bee;



WHEREAS, Samuel previously finished eighth in the Georgia competition as a

fourth-grader;



WHEREAS, Samuel's accomplishments are worthy of special recognition by this

Council.



NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA HEREBY RESOLVES:



We hereby commend and congratulate Samuel Coffin upon winning the 2002 National

Geographic Bee of Georgia and his teacher at Brookstone School, Mike Bonaker,

for his coaching assistance. We wish Samuel every success in the national

competition in Washington, D.C. Let a copy of this Resolution be forwarded to

Samuel Coffin and Mike Bonaker.



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Introduced at a regular meeting of the Council of Columbus, Georgia held on the

7th day of May, 2002, and adopted at said meeting by the affirmative vote of

ten members of Council.



Councilor Allen voting YES.

Councilor Henderson voting YES.

Councilor Hunter voting YES.

Councilor McDaniel voting YES.

Councilor Poydasheff voting YES.

Councilor Rodgers voting YES.

Councilor Smith voting YES.

Councilor Suber voting YES.

Councilor Turner Pugh voting YES.

Councilor Woodson voting YES.









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TINY B. WASHINGTON BOBBY G. PETERS

CLERK MAYOR