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1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Illinois |
4 | | District 13 Little League team on their participation in the |
5 | | 2013 Challenger Exhibition Game at the Little League World |
6 | | Series; and
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7 | | WHEREAS, With the help of Tri-Cities Little League and |
8 | | Bartlett Little League,The Woodstock Challengers started |
9 | | playing baseball in June of 2012 with the goal of giving |
10 | | special needs children in northern McHenry County the |
11 | | opportunity to play baseball in an organized environment; and
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12 | | WHEREAS, There are more than 30,000 Challenger players from |
13 | | more than 900 leagues worldwide; and
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14 | | WHEREAS, Fifteen participants were selected from 165 |
15 | | members from the Bartlett, Tri-Cities, and Woodstock areas to |
16 | | participate in the Challenger Little League World Series |
17 | | exhibition game at Volunteer Stadium in Williamsport, |
18 | | Pennsylvania, the home of the Little League World Series; and
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19 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois District 13 Little League team |
20 | | competed against the other Challenger team selected for the |
21 | | game, California District 57 from the San Francisco area, on |