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Text Box: Are we crazy down here in Mississippi or are we excited about gymnastics and proud of our state? The following email was received by TG Hawkins, IT Advisor on Wednesday, May 24, 2006. Dear Nancy and TG, I am pleased to announce that your bid for the 2009 Level 9 Eastern Championships has been accepted, pending receipt of a completed and acceptable bid form, as found on our web site at http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/forms/2001/apptohost.pdf . Once the bid form has been received, we will review it and then confirm the event by sending a contract. If possible,

Text Box: please send a floor plan of the venue as well, if that is available at this time. Thank you again for offering to host this event. After talking with some of the Region 8 officers, as well as my own experience at the 2006 Easterns with you providing the scoring system, I am confident that you will conduct a first-rate event. Please let me know if you have any questions. Connie Maloney
Women's Jr. Olympic Program Manager TG called me in his office and said, “I think you had better read this”. Now, we all know we are hosting Level 9/10 Regionals in 2007 at the

Text Box: Bancorp South Center, Tupelo, MS. So, we will take a breather in 2008 and get ready for 2009. Maybe by then, TG and I will be speaking again. Of course, I am kidding. I am excited about our state being visited by athletes, coaches, judges, and parents from Region 8 in 2007. In 2009, athletes from all over the east will compete and we will definitely show southern hospitality at its best. I would like to thank USAG for considering MS USAG. We will provide a “first-rate event.”

Text Box: SACC Nancy S. Hawkins - SACC Mabel Miller - Secretary Dawn Messer - Rep Ellie Counseller - Rep Richelle Gray - Rep Cindy Wallace - Rep Mary Thacker - NAWGJ Glynn Hankins - Publicity Eddie Jenkins - Sgt-at-Arms TG Hawkins - IT Advisor

Thank you	2
State Meet Pictures	2
Open Letter to the Gymnastics Community	18
Important changes	19
Regional Forms	31
Congratulations Are In Order	36
Meet Calendar	39
National Gymnastics Day	40
State Meeting Info	42
Financial Reports	42

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Text Box: Could not have happened, would not have happened without - Eddie Jenkins, TG Hawkins, Vicki Jenkins, Richelle Gray, Mabel Miller, Deb Walls, Jennifer Taylor, Mary Ann Wallace, Dawn Messer, the parents of Madison County, and the numerous behind the scenes

Text Box: coaches that helped set-up, run the meet, and tear down. Over 850 gymnasts competed during the three day period. It was a massive undertaking, but well worth it!!!!