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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The Irresistible Emus team from Emerson
3 Elementary and the ICicles from Immaculate Conception in
4 Elmhurst will be attending the Global Finals for the
5 Destination Imagination tournament; and
 
6     WHEREAS, The Irresistible Emus team is comprised of Bridget
7 Bergheger, Heather Callans, Miranda Deane, Caroline
8 Dierksheide, Madeline Marsan, Keely Resing, and Rebeka
9 Wermeling, all of whom are either 9 or 10 years old; and
 
10     WHEREAS, The Irresistible Emus won first place at the
11 Illinois State Destination Imagination tournament held in
12 Bloomington on April 9, 2005; and
 
13     WHEREAS, Team Manager Lisa Marsan has coached The
14 Irresistible Emus team for two years and has coached students
15 from Churchville Middle and York High School for the past five
16 years; and
 
17     WHEREAS, Lisa's teams have placed first or second at the
18 regional level and have progressed to the Illinois State Finals
19 every year; and
 
20     WHEREAS, The ICicles are a team of 5th and 6th grade girls
21 whose members are Nicole Foster, Anastasia Gliatis, Eva Hughes,
22 Abby Mazzocco, Maggie Patchett, Shannon Healy, and Holly
23 Hughes; and
 
24     WHEREAS, The ICicles came in first in the Sudden
25 Serendipity challenge in the middle school category; and
 
26     WHEREAS, The ICicles are managed by MaryNic Foster and
27 Renee Oshinski; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Destination Imagination, Inc. is one of the
2 world's largest creativity and problem-solving programs for
3 youth of all ages; and
 
4     WHEREAS, Thousands of students participate annually from
5 47 states from the United States, 15 countries, and Canadian
6 provinces; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Destination Imagination helps children build
8 important, lifelong skills, such as problem-solving, teamwork,
9 and divergent thinking; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Teams use improvisation and creativity to prepare
11 solutions to challenges presented to them; and
 
12     WHEREAS, These two teams will now represent Illinois and
13 compete at the Global Finals in Knoxville, Tennessee;
14 therefore, be it
 
15     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
16 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
17 we congratulate the Irresistible Emus and ICicles teams on
18 their success and wish them the best of luck at the Global
19 Finals; and be it further
 
20     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
21 presented to Bridget Bergheger, Heather Callans, Miranda
22 Deane, Caroline Dierksheide, Madeline Marsan, Keely Resing,
23 Rebeka Wermeling, Lisa Marsan, Nicole Foster, Anastasia
24 Gliatis, Eva Hughes, Abby Mazzocco, Maggie Patchett, Shannon
25 Healy, Holly Hughes, MaryNic Foster, and Renee Oshinski.