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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 180
BY REPRESENTATIVES GREENE, MICHAEL JACKSON, AND KATZ AND
SENATOR ERDEY
CHILDREN: Commends East Baton Rouge Parish upon winning the Sixteenth Annual
Elementary Championship Fitness Meet of the Governor's Games sponsored by the
Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To commend East Baton Rouge Parish upon winning the Sixteenth Annual Elementary2
Championship Fitness Meet of the Governor's Games sponsored by the Governor's3
Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.4
WHEREAS, elementary school children from parishes throughout the state engaged5
in physical fitness competitions as part of the Sixteenth Annual Elementary Championship6
Fitness Meet of the Governor's Games, which was held on Saturday, April 24, 2010, at the7
Louisiana State University Field House in Baton Rouge; and8
WHEREAS, the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports sponsors this9
Olympic-style event in the spring of each year involving thousands of Louisiana10
schoolchildren in physical fitness activities; and11
WHEREAS, students performed physical fitness tests consisting of the fifty-yard12
dash, sit and reach, shuttle run, pull-ups, curl-ups (sit-ups), standing long jump, and the six-13
hundred-yard run; and14
WHEREAS, East Baton Rouge Parish achieved a total score of two thousand seven15
hundred twenty-six points and edged out Rapides Parish for the championship; and16
WHEREAS, the members of the East Baton Rouge Parish team were Eddie White17
and Cedric Williams of LaSalle Elementary; Malik Kelly of Shenandoah Elementary;18
Taiylar DeMoss of Audubon Elementary; and Joshua London, Sophia Plain, and Jamiee19
Williams of Westdale Heights Academic Magnet Elementary; and20 HLS 10RS-3847 ORIGINAL
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WHEREAS, Taiylar DeMoss of East Baton Rouge Parish scored six hundred ninety-1
six points to lead all elementary school girls in the meet and was crowned Miss Fitness; and2
WHEREAS, Ms. DeMoss set a new fitness meet record in the curl-ups event; and3
WHEREAS, Eddie White of East Baton Rouge Parish scored six hundred eighty-one4
points to lead all elementary school boys in the meet and was crowned Mister Fitness; and5
WHEREAS, Mr. White set a new fitness meet record for total individual points6
scored by a boy; and7
WHEREAS, the outstanding performance of the East Baton Rouge Parish team is a8
source of pride and honor for the community, parish, and state.9
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby10
commend the East Baton Rouge Parish team upon winning the Sixteenth Annual Elementary11
Championship Fitness Meet.12
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby extend13
best wishes to the participants, coaches, and every person involved with this fine fitness14
program as they celebrate their exceptional accomplishment.15
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted16
to Carol Revel of Westdale Heights Academic Magnet Elementary in Baton Rouge, coach17
of the winning team at the 2010 Elementary Championship Fitness Meet of the Governor's18
Games.19
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Greene HCR No. 180
Commends East Baton Rouge Parish upon winning the Sixteenth Annual Elementary
Championship Fitness Meet of the Governor's Games sponsored by the Governor's Council
on Physical Fitness and Sports.