Senate Resolution 145 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                        BY  WARD
  1  3 A Resolution honoring the Valley High School mock
  1  4    trial program and congratulating its mock trial
  1  5    team on winning the Iowa High School Mock Trial
  1  6    State Tournament.
  1  7    WHEREAS, the Iowa State Bar Association's high
  1  8 school mock trial program is designed to introduce
  1  9 students to the American legal system by providing a
  1 10 challenging, academic competition; and
  1 11    WHEREAS, lawyers and judges from communities
  1 12 throughout Iowa contribute their time and talents as
  1 13 coaches and judges at the tournaments; and
  1 14    WHEREAS, the 24th annual Iowa High School Mock
  1 15 Trial State Tournament was held March 16, 17, and 18
  1 16 in Des Moines, with 32 teams from across Iowa emerging
  1 17 from district competitions to earn the right to
  1 18 compete at the state tournament; and
  1 19    WHEREAS, four of these teams came from West Des
  1 20 Moines, with three teams from West Des Moines Valley
  1 21 High School and the fourth from Valley Southwoods
  1 22 Freshman High School; and
  1 23    WHEREAS, on Saturday, March 18, 2006, the West Des
  1 24 Moines Valley team, which won the 2005 state
  1 25 tournament, advanced to the finals, defeating a team
  1 26 from Carroll High School; and
  1 27    WHEREAS, two members of that team, Van Everett and
  1 28 Elyse Lyons received outstanding attorney awards,
  1 29 while a third member, Alex Salem, received an
  1 30 outstanding witness award; and
  2  1    WHEREAS, the team will now represent Iowa in the
  2  2 National High School Mock Trial Championship in
  2  3 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, May 11 through 14, 2006; NOW
  2  4 THEREFORE,
  2  5    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  2  6 congratulates team members Elizabeth Barrent, Ella
  2  7 Doerge, Van Everett, Elyse Lyons, Amy Paul, Alex
  2  8 Salem, Philip Sandager, Tracey Shi, and Nora Tobin
  2  9 (currently a Senate Page), coaches Gordy Allen, Jim
  2 10 Holcomb, Kathy Paul, and Maureen Tobin, along with
  2 11 educator coordinator Karen Downing for their
  2 12 championship in the 24th annual Iowa High School Mock
  2 13 Trial State Tournament; and
  2 14    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, an
  2 15 official copy of this Resolution be prepared for
  2 16 presentation to the members of the 2006 Iowa High
  2 17 School Mock Trial State Tournament team.
  2 18 LSB 6647SS 81
  2 19 jr:rj/cf/24.1