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1
HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The East Aurora High School Navy Junior ROTC
3 (NJROTC) drill team has had much success this year, placing
4 first at the Tomcat Drill Meet at Ponquinette Fieldhouse and at
5 the annual NJROTC Area 3 Drill Meet at Great Lakes Naval Base;
6 and
 
7     WHEREAS, The team, led by Lt. Cmdr. Paul McNabb, competed
8 against 17 other units from Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin,
9 Minnesota, and Michigan; and
 
10     WHEREAS, The team placed first in color guard and unit
11 inspection, third in the academic competition and in physical
12 training, and fifth in unarmed exhibition; and
 
13     WHEREAS, Several team members did well individually; Ching
14 Thao placed first in the academic competition; in the unarmed
15 knock-out drill, Gerardo Rivera placed third, Maryra Monarez
16 placed fourth, and Travis Schwab placed ninth; Joey Salgado
17 placed first in the male sit up competition, and Amy Romero
18 placed second in the female sit up competition; in the male
19 push-up category, Rene Salgado earned seventh place, and Hector
20 Moncanda received tenth place; and
 
21     WHEREAS, Winning the area championship title qualifies the
22 team for the national competition in Pensacola, Florida; for
23 the fourth year in a row, the team has earned this opportunity
24 to compete with 24 other schools from throughout the nation for
25 the title of national champion; therefore, be it
 
26     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
27 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
28 we congratulate the members of the East Aurora High School Navy
29 Junior ROTC drill team and Lt. Cmdr. Paul McNabb on their
30 recent success, and we wish them well at the national

 

 

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1 competition in April; and be it further
 
2     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3 presented to the East Aurora High School Navy Junior ROTC drill
4 team as an expression of our esteem.