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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are pleased to honor achievements in middle |
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| school sports in the State of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, The Liberty Middle School cheerleading team in |
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| Edwardsville has had many accomplishments both competitively |
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| and academically; they were the 2004 Illinois Elementary School |
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| Association (IESA) State Champions in the Large Team Cheer |
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| Division, the 2004 IESA Runner-Up in the Large Team Routine |
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| Division, the 2005 IESA State Champions in the Large Team Cheer |
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| Division, and the 2005 IESA State Champions in the Large Team |
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| Routine Division; the team is coached by Brooke Quattlander; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, The team participated in Red Ribbon week and |
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| visited a local elementary school to promote drug awareness; |
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| team members work with local Girl Scouts and volunteer at |
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| events in the Edwardsville area; and the team hosted a hugely |
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| successful Kids Trivia Night as a fundraiser for area middle |
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| school students; and
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| WHEREAS, Not only are these 22 athletes participating in |
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| events and games to support Liberty Middle School, but they |
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| have also had an opportunity to travel around the State to |
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| cheer and perform; they cheered on February 11 at Millikin |
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| University in Decatur for the men's basketball game; on |
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| February 23, the team cheered at Southern Illinois University |
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| at Edwardsville for the men's basketball game; on February 25, |
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| they cheered in Charleston at Eastern Illinois University for |
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| both the men's and the women's teams; and they have qualified |
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| for the 2006 Illinois Cheerleading Coaches Association State |
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| Finals held in March; and
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| WHEREAS, Even while maintaining an extremely busy schedule |