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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Irresistible Emus team from Emerson |
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| Elementary and the ICicles from Immaculate Conception in |
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| Elmhurst will be attending the Global Finals for the |
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| Destination Imagination tournament; and
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| WHEREAS, The Irresistible Emus team is comprised of Bridget |
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| Bergheger, Heather Callans, Miranda Deane, Caroline |
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| Dierksheide, Madeline Marsan, Keely Resing, and Rebeka |
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| Wermeling, all of whom are either 9 or 10 years old; and
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| WHEREAS, The Irresistible Emus won first place at the |
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| Illinois State Destination Imagination tournament held in |
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| Bloomington on April 9, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Team Manager Lisa Marsan has coached The |
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| Irresistible Emus team for two years and has coached students |
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| from Churchville Middle and York High School for the past five |
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| years; and
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| WHEREAS, Lisa's teams have placed first or second at the |
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| regional level and have progressed to the Illinois State Finals |
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| every year; and
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| WHEREAS, The ICicles are a team of 5th and 6th grade girls |
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| whose members are Nicole Foster, Anastasia Gliatis, Eva Hughes, |
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| Abby Mazzocco, Maggie Patchett, Shannon Healy, and Holly |
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| Hughes; and
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| WHEREAS, The ICicles came in first in the Sudden |
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| Serendipity challenge in the middle school category; and
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| WHEREAS, The ICicles are managed by MaryNic Foster and |
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| Renee Oshinski; and
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| WHEREAS, Destination Imagination, Inc. is one of the |
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| world's largest creativity and problem-solving programs for |
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| youth of all ages; and
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| WHEREAS, Thousands of students participate annually from |
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| 47 states from the United States, 15 countries, and Canadian |
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| provinces; and
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| WHEREAS, Destination Imagination helps children build |
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| important, lifelong skills, such as problem-solving, teamwork, |
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| and divergent thinking; and
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| WHEREAS, Teams use improvisation and creativity to prepare |
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| solutions to challenges presented to them; and
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| WHEREAS, These two teams will now represent Illinois and |
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| compete at the Global Finals in Knoxville, Tennessee; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we congratulate the Irresistible Emus and ICicles teams on |
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| their success and wish them the best of luck at the Global |
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| Finals; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to Bridget Bergheger, Heather Callans, Miranda |
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| Deane, Caroline Dierksheide, Madeline Marsan, Keely Resing, |
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| Rebeka Wermeling, Lisa Marsan, Nicole Foster, Anastasia |
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| Gliatis, Eva Hughes, Abby Mazzocco, Maggie Patchett, Shannon |
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| Healy, Holly Hughes, MaryNic Foster, and Renee Oshinski.
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