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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY DVORSKY
1 3 A Resolution honoring Irene Bowers on her more than
1 4 50-year teaching career in the Iowa City Community
1 5 School District.
1 6 WHEREAS, Irene Bowers received her bachelor of arts
1 7 degree from the University of Iowa in 1939, and her
1 8 master's degree from the University of Iowa in 1966;
1 9 and
1 10 WHEREAS, Irene Bowers taught physical education in
1 11 the Iowa City Community School District from September
1 12 1944 through June 1947, worked five summers for the
1 13 Iowa City and Coralville Recreation Department from
1 14 1951 through 1955, then resumed her full-time teaching
1 15 career in August 1955 at the school district, where
1 16 she continues to teach today; and
1 17 WHEREAS, on May 13-15, 2002, the Iowa City
1 18 Community School District will hold its 48th Annual
1 19 Track and Field Days, an event cofounded by Irene
1 20 Bowers; and
1 21 WHEREAS, thousands of children have happily skipped
1 22 their way to health by participating in the "Jump Rope
1 23 for Health" program she has supported and promoted in
1 24 recent years; and
1 25 WHEREAS, Irene Bowers is known throughout her
1 26 school, Twain Elementary School, for paying particular
1 27 attention to the needs of children receiving special
1 28 education services; and
1 29 WHEREAS, Irene Bowers is a professional educator
1 30 who delights in working with children and who, in her
2 1 more than 50-year career, has proven her dedication to
2 2 their health and well-being; NOW THEREFORE,
2 3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the General
2 4 Assembly of Iowa congratulates Irene Bowers for her
2 5 long and distinguished teaching career and pays
2 6 tribute to her for her more than 50 years of devoted
2 7 service to the Iowa City Community School District and
2 8 to the thousands of elementary school children whose
2 9 physical exercise she encouraged and whose lives she
2 10 influenced; and
2 11 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon passage, the
2 12 Secretary of the Senate shall prepare an official copy
2 13 of this Resolution for presentation to Irene Bowers.
2 14 LSB 7210SS 79
2 15 kh/pj/5
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