House Resolution 127 - Introduced

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2    BY  JACOBS, CLUTE, ABDUL-SAMAD, ALONS, ANDERSON,
  1  3       BAILEY, BAUDLER, BELL, BERRY, BOAL, BUKTA,
  1  4      CHAMBERS, COHOON, DANDEKAR, DAVITT, DE BOEF,
  1  5    DEYOE, DOLECHECK, DRAKE, FOEGE, FORD, FORRISTALL,
  1  6   FREVERT, GASKILL, GAYMAN, GIPP, GRANZOW, GRASSLEY,
  1  7       GREINER, HEATON, HEDDENS, HOFFMAN, HORBACH,
  1  8     HUNTER, HUSEMAN, HUSER, JACOBY, JOCHUM, KELLEY,
  1  9          KRESSIG, KUHN, LENSING, LUKAN, LYKAM,
  1 10        MASCHER, MAY, McCARTHY, MERTZ, H. MILLER,
  1 11     L. MILLER, MURPHY, OLDSON, D. OLSON, R. OLSON,
  1 12          S. OLSON, T. OLSON, PALMER, PETERSEN,
  1 13      PETTENGILL, QUIRK, RAECKER, RANTS, RASMUSSEN,
  1 14      RAYHONS, REASONER, REICHERT, ROBERTS, SANDS,
  1 15       SCHUELLER, SMITH, SODERBERG, STAED, STRUYK,
  1 16      SWAIM, D. TAYLOR, T. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TJEPKES,
  1 17      TOMENGA, TYMESON, UPMEYER, VAN ENGELENHOVEN,
  1 18  VAN FOSSEN, WATTS, WENDT, WENTHE, WESSEL-KROESCHELL,
  1 19        WHITAKER, WHITEAD, WINCKLER, WINDSCHITL,
  1 20      WISE, ZIRKELBACH, ARNOLD, WIENCEK, SCHICKEL,
  1 21                  PAULSEN, and KAUFMANN
  1 22 A Resolution honoring the remarkable achievements of
  1 23    Iowa's own Shawn Johnson.
  1 24    WHEREAS, the life and career of Iowa high school
  1 25 student Shawn Johnson is a testament to the value of
  1 26 hard work and a dedication to excellence; and
  1 27    WHEREAS, Ms. Johnson began a career in gymnastics
  1 28 at the age of three and through more than a decade of
  1 29 perseverance and hard work is now an elite
  1 30 international gymnast at the age of 16, already being
  2  1 compared to the United States' first female all=around
  2  2 world champion gymnast, Kim Zmeskal; and
  2  3    WHEREAS, under the guidance of coaches Liang Qiao
  2  4 and Liwen Zhuang, Ms. Johnson first appeared on the
  2  5 national scene in 2005, placing third in the junior
  2  6 division at the 2005 U.S. Classic and in 2006 was the
  2  7 2006 U.S. Junior National All=Around Champion; and
  2  8    WHEREAS, in 2007, Ms. Johnson's fiery combination
  2  9 of power and skills catapulted her to world attention,
  2 10 winning the all=around at the 2007 Tyson American Cup,
  2 11 winning four gold medals and one silver medal at the
  2 12 2007 Pan American Games, and winning the 2007 Visa
  2 13 National Championships; and
  2 14    WHEREAS, in September 2007, along with teammates
  2 15 Nastia Liukin, Shayla Worley, Alicia Sacramone, Ivana
  2 16 Hong, and Samantha Peszek, Ms. Johnson placed first in
  2 17 the team competition in the 40th World Artistic
  2 18 Gymnastics Championships held in Stuttgart, Germany,
  2 19 and individually placed first in the all=around and
  2 20 the floor competition; and
  2 21    WHEREAS, as the 2007 World All=Around Champion, Ms.
  2 22 Johnson is now training in the hope of joining the
  2 23 United States women's gymnastic team at the 2008
  2 24 Beijing Olympics; NOW THEREFORE,
  2 25    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2 26 That on behalf of all Iowans, the House of
  2 27 Representatives honors Shawn Johnson, a remarkable
  2 28 young athlete whose dedication, skill, poise, and
  2 29 grace have taken her to the world stage and will take
  2 30 her farther still in the future.
  3  1 LSB 6602HH 82
  3  2 jr/rj/5.2