Senate Resolution 143 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2     BY  ANGELO, WIECK, ZIEMAN, KETTERING, BOETTGER,
  1  3      WARD, MULDER, JOHNSON, ZAUN, McKINLEY, NOBLE,
  1  4     PUTNEY, GASKILL, LUNDBY, HOUSER, SEYMOUR, WOOD,
  1  5      HECKROTH, RIELLY, SCHOENJAHN, OLIVE, KREIMAN,
  1  6     STEWART, QUIRMBACH, WARNSTADT, RAGAN, BOLKCOM,
  1  7    FRAISE, DOTZLER, HATCH, DVORSKY, CONNOLLY, SENG,
  1  8        APPEL, HOGG, DEARDEN, GRONSTAL, COURTNEY,
  1  9      HANCOCK, KIBBIE, DANIELSON, SCHMITZ, and HORN
  1 10 A Resolution recognizing and honoring Iowa's Olympic
  1 11    athletes.
  1 12    WHEREAS, the tradition of the Olympic games was
  1 13 revived in 1896 in Athens, Greece, with 14 nations
  1 14 participating in 43 events; and
  1 15    WHEREAS, 112 years later the Olympics includes 35
  1 16 sports, nearly 400 events, and thousands of athletes;
  1 17 and
  1 18    WHEREAS, Iowa has a long and proud Olympic
  1 19 tradition, including many gold medal winners; and
  1 20    WHEREAS, in 2008, Iowa will be represented by the
  1 21 following nine athletes, serving as principal
  1 22 competitors or as alternates, competing in five
  1 23 Olympic sports:
  1 24    Haley Dunn, from Eddyville, competing in skeet
  1 25 shooting; Lee Fullhart, from Hesper, competing in
  1 26 wrestling; Kirk Hinrich, from Sioux City, competing in
  1 27 basketball; Shawn Johnson, from West Des Moines,
  1 28 competing in gymnastics; Lolo Jones, from West Des
  1 29 Moines, competing in track and field; Sara McMann,
  1 30 from Iowa City, competing in wrestling; Doug Schwab,
  2  1 from Osage, competing in wrestling; Tolly Thompson,
  2  2 from Janesville, competing in wrestling; Joe Williams,
  2  3 from Iowa City, competing in wrestling; and Joey
  2  4 Woody, from Iowa City, competing in track and field;
  2  5 NOW THEREFORE,
  2  6    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  2  7 honors these young Iowans, whose efforts bring honor
  2  8 not only to themselves, but also to their communities
  2  9 and all Iowa, and wishes them the best of luck in the
  2 10 XXIX Olympiad.
  2 11 LSB 6656SS 82
  2 12 jr/rj/8