[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14430]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




CONGRATULATING ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL GIRLS' GOLF TEAM ON WINNING 
                      THE 2007 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

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                             HON. JO BONNER

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 24, 2007

  Mr. BONNER. Madam Speaker, it is with great pride and pleasure that I 
rise to honor the St. Paul's Episcopal School girls' golf team on 
winning the 2007 state championship.
  In 1947, William S. Mann founded St. Paul's Episcopal School in 
Mobile, Alabama. St. Paul's began with a class of twenty 
kindergartners, and has grown to currently enroll 1,613 students, 
making St. Paul's the largest Episcopal school in North America.
  Coach Beverly Davis led the varsity girls' golf team to their first 
state championship at the Robert Trent Jones Grand National Course in 
Opelika. This most recent honor brings the number of state 
championships won by St. Paul's teams to eight this year. The team 
placed fourth last year and second two years ago. Like Coach Davis, I 
am so proud of her players, and I know they worked hard for this great 
honor.
  The Lady Saints proved they are champions in their victory at the 
Robert Trent Jones Grand National Course in Opelika. I congratulate the 
Lady Saints: sophomore Virginia Bedwell, sophomore Vivian Dudley, 
sophomore Marissa Gacek, and freshman Laura Dudley.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating the 
St. Paul's girls' golf team on a great season and state championship. 
This school deserves public recognition for this great honor, and I 
extend my congratulations to each member of the team.

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