House Resolution 149 - Introduced

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2    BY  HEDDENS, WESSEL=KROESCHELL, ALONS, ANDERSON,
  1  3   ARNOLD, BAUDLER, BELL, BERRY, BOAL, BUKTA, CARROLL,
  1  4    CHAMBERS, COHOON, DANDEKAR, DAVITT, DE BOEF, DIX,
  1  5    DOLECHECK, DRAKE, EICHHORN, ELGIN, FALLON, FOEGE,
  1  6     FORD, FREEMAN, FREVERT, GASKILL, GIPP, GRANZOW,
  1  7    GREINER, HEATON, HOFFMAN, HOGG, HORBACH, HUNTER,
  1  8    HUSEMAN, HUSER, HUTTER, JACOBS, JACOBY, JENKINS,
  1  9   JOCHUM, JONES, KAUFMANN, KRESSIG, KUHN, KURTENBACH,
  1 10   LALK, LENSING, LUKAN, LYKAM, MADDOX, MASCHER, MAY,
  1 11   McCARTHY, MERTZ, MILLER, MURPHY, OLDSON, D. OLSON,
  1 12   R. OLSON, S. OLSON, PAULSEN, PETERSEN, PETTENGILL,
  1 13  QUIRK, RAECKER, RANTS, RASMUSSEN, RAYHONS, REASONER,
  1 14     REICHERT, ROBERTS, SANDS, SCHICKEL, SCHUELLER,
  1 15   SHOMSHOR, SHOULTZ, SMITH, SODERBERG, STRUYK, SWAIM,
  1 16     D. TAYLOR, T. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TJEPKES, TOMENGA,
  1 17  TYMESON, UPMEYER, VAN ENGELENHOVEN, J.K. VAN FOSSEN,
  1 18    J.R. VAN FOSSEN, WATTS, WENDT, WHITAKER, WHITEAD,
  1 19             WILDERDYKE, WINCKLER, and WISE
  1 20 A Resolution to welcome the 2006 Special Olympics USA
  1 21    National Games to Iowa.
  1 22    WHEREAS, the 2006 Special Olympics USA National
  1 23 Games, the first=ever United States national games,
  1 24 will be held July 2 through July 7, 2006, at Iowa
  1 25 State University in Ames, Iowa; and
  1 26    WHEREAS, this major sports event will bring 3,000
  1 27 Special Olympics athletes from across the United
  1 28 States, 2,000 coaches and official delegates, 10,000
  1 29 family members and friends, 8,000 volunteers, and
  1 30 30,000 spectators; and
  2  1    WHEREAS, the festivities begin July 2, 2006, with
  2  2 the opening ceremonies to be held in Hilton Coliseum,
  2  3 including star=studded entertainment, the Parade of
  2  4 Athletes, and the lighting of the torch; and
  2  5    WHEREAS, a list of events for the 2006 USA National
  2  6 Games includes aquatics, basketball, bocce, bowling,
  2  7 golf, gymnastics, power=lifting, soccer, softball,
  2  8 tennis, track and field, volleyball, and a motor
  2  9 activity training program; and
  2 10    WHEREAS, major sponsors and area businesses will
  2 11 host the "festival village", where attendees can
  2 12 gather information and participate in a variety of
  2 13 activities; and
  2 14    WHEREAS, Iowa has long shown its commitment to the
  2 15 Special Olympics, first by the ongoing and unstinting
  2 16 support of Iowans and Iowa businesses and also by
  2 17 legislative appropriations of over $1,000,000; NOW
  2 18 THEREFORE,
  2 19    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2 20 That the House of Representatives takes great pleasure
  2 21 in welcoming the 2006 Special Olympics USA National
  2 22 Games to the campus of Iowa State University in Ames,
  2 23 Iowa; and
  2 24    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the House of
  2 25 Representatives offers its thanks to those people and
  2 26 organizations that have donated their time, money, and
  2 27 energies toward bringing the first=ever United States
  2 28 national games to Iowa.
  2 29 LSB 6591HH 81
  2 30 jr:nh/gg/14.2