Text Box: Nancy Hawkins, National Silver Quill Award and Deb Walls, Region 8 Silver Quill Award Text Box: Mississippi was honored not once, but TWICE at the 2004 USAG National Congress. For the second year in a row, Leaps and Bounds received the Silver Quill award for the best newsletter published by USAG State Committees. To add to the surprise, the Text Box: first “Magic Mouse Award” was given for the best state web site. Text Box: John Williams and TG Hawkins—webmasters of www.msusag.org Text Box: Volume 5, Issue 1 Text Box: Silver Quill & Magic Mouse Text Box: August, 2004 Text Box: Special points of interest: Minutes of 2004 State Meeting JO updates, forms, safety info, mobility info, new elements Features—Gym, Coaches, Athlete, Coaching Tips, and TOPs Notes from the State Office Text Box: Leaps and Bounds Text Box: MS USAG Text Box: Support Judges’ Cup September 10-11 Text Box: Fall is quickly approaching and we all know what that means! It’s time to register your gymnasts for the 2004 Judges’ Cup! The Judges’ Cup will be held at Courthouse Gymnastics in Flowood the weekend of September 10. This is an excellent time for your new gymnasts to get rid of any preseason jitters and your Text Box: seasoned gymnast to get evaluated on the new skills they have worked during the summer. We, as judges, look forward to this informal preseason “meet/clinic” as a time to become acquainted with the gymnasts and critique the individual routines before competition season begins. (continued on pg. 12) The second Naperia Johnson Award of Valor will be

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