LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION commemorating the 30th Annual Scholarship Chal-
lenge to be held on March 27, 2010

WHEREAS, It is the practice of this Legislative Body to recognize and
support those educational competitions which serve to better prepare our
students for their future; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-
standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to commem-
orate the 30th Annual Scholarship Challenge to be held on Saturday,
March 27, 2010; and
WHEREAS, In 1979, WATS/WAVR radio invited representatives from eight
area school districts to Sayre, to further discuss a proposal for a high
school quiz show that was created by General Manager, Chuck Carver; and
WHEREAS, In its first season, all the broadcasts were tape-recorded on
one day, and then re-broadcast, one at a time, over the next few weeks;
during the second season, the matches were aired live, in groups called
'qualifiers'; and
WHEREAS, From these humble beginnings, where only eight teams
competed, Scholarship Challenge has grown into a 24 team high school and
eight team junior high school competition that draws students from eight
New York and Pennsylvania counties; and
WHEREAS, In those first few seasons, volunteers kept score with chalk
on blackboards and equipment was borrowed from other radio & television
stations; now, the elaborate set-up includes computer generated scoring;
and
WHEREAS, For its first 23 seasons the Sayre Area School District host-
ed the competition at Snyder Elementary; however, it now calls the
Waverly Central School District's High School Auditorium home; and
WHEREAS, Over the years, more than 4,400 students have taken part in
the Scholarship Challenge, and audiences have heard more than 15,000
questions; and
WHEREAS, Scholarship Challenge has been visited by four United States
Congressmen, representatives from the Governor's Office, The State
Education Department, and several state & local dignitaries; and
WHEREAS, The Broadcast has earned 24 state and national awards for
programming excellence, and hopes to continue offering its students "The
Power of Thought and the Magic of the Mind" for many years to come; and
WHEREAS, The success enjoyed by the Scholarship Challenge is in direct
correlation to the efforts of the many individuals who have supported
its development over the years; and
WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is very pleased to have this opportu-
nity to recognize the Scholarship Challenge for its long history of
purposeful endeavor, and to wish this worthy competition continued
success in future years; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
commemorate the 30th Annual Scholarship Challenge to be held on March
27, 2010; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Scholarship Challenge, WAVR-FM.