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HC 1018 Honoring the Arlington High School Oral lnterp Team on an outs...
  HOUSE COMMEMORATION    NO.  1018  

Introduced by:    Representatives Gibson, Anderson, Bartling, Bordeaux, Feickert, Greenfield (Lana), Hawks, Hawley, Hickey, Hunhoff (Jean), Killer, Kirschman, McCleerey, Ring, Rozum, Schrempp, Soli, Stevens, and Werner and Senators Buhl O'Donnell, Bradford, Cammack, Frerichs, Haverly, Heinert, Holien, Hunhoff (Bernie), Monroe, Olson, Parsley, Peterson (Jim), and Sutton
 

        
        A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION, Honoring the Arlington High School Oral lnterp Team on an outstanding season in 2014.

    WHEREAS, the Arlington Cardinals won the top superior awards at the state tournament; and

    WHEREAS, team members Kathy Jensen, Mercedes Johnson, Johannah Jensen, and Kenli
Carlson of the AHS State Oral Interp Team earned top superior medal awards together in the state competition; and

    WHEREAS, the team members won four of the five events that qualified at regions in November; and

    WHEREAS, Mercedes Johnson won a top superior medal in the humorous division; and

    WHEREAS, Kathy Jensen won a top superior medal in her poetry reading; and

    WHEREAS, Johannah Jensen won a top superior medal in the serious reading category; and

    WHEREAS, the dedication and hard work of all student team members, along with coaches Tammy Holzer and Becky Wendland, has advanced the AHS team to the state tournament eighteen years in a row since 1996; and

    WHEREAS, Arlington High School has won the top state award three years in a row with a total of eight state team awards since the year 2000:

    NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED, by the Ninetieth Legislature of the State of South Dakota, that the Arlington High School Oral lnterp Team and coaches be commended on their excellent performance in the 2014 State Oral lnterp Competition.