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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives wish to congratulate the Tinley Park High 
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School Cheerleading Team on being named the Illinois High 
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School Association State Champions for 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The team cheered for the Tinley Park football team 
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throughout the season, as well as the basketball team; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The team attended the Midwest Cheerfest at Carl 
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Sandburg High School on December 3, 2006 and placed first; on 
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January 21, 2007 they competed at the first ever SCC Conference 
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Cheerleading competition and placed second; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The Illinois High School Association sectionals 
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were held on January 27 and the team from Tinley Park qualified 
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for the State competition with their first place win; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The State competition was held in Bloomington on 
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February 2, 2007; the top 25 teams begin, and the top 10 are 
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asked to return a second day; Tinley Park took first place on 
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day one; and
 
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    WHEREAS, The team is coached by Coach Katherine Kowalcze, 
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Ashaunta McCormick, and Vikki Burkhardt; the school principal 
 


 






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is Dave Kibelkis; and the Athletic Director is Mike Morgan; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Cheerleading Team are Ashley 
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Gerber, Katelyn Kwasny, Amanda Murphy, Megan Piotrowski, 
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Courtney Wessman, Christina Cardenas, Jaclyn Christofilos, 
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Ashley Hendzell, Leslie Lapthorne, Brittany Sauerman, Laura 
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Theisinger, Kristina Bailey, Kristin Diddens, Alyssa Malchick, 
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Constance Mucha, and Samantha Mosqueda; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate the Tinley Park High School Cheerleading Team on 
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being named the Illinois High School Association State 
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Champions for 2007; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the Tinley Park High School Cheerleading Team as a 
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symbol of our esteem.