House Resolution 137 - Introduced

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                                    H.R. ________ S.R. ________


  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2      BY  HEDDENS, VAN FOSSEN, ABDUL-SAMAD, ALONS,
  1  3     ANDERSON, ARNOLD, BAILEY, BAUDLER, BELL, BERRY,
  1  4     BOAL, BUKTA, CHAMBERS, CLUTE, COHOON, DANDEKAR,
  1  5    DAVITT, DE BOEF, DEYOE, DOLECHECK, DRAKE, FOEGE,
  1  6    FORD, FORRISTALL, FREVERT, GASKILL, GAYMAN, GIPP,
  1  7      GRANZOW, GRASSLEY, GREINER, HEATON, HOFFMAN,
  1  8    HORBACH, HUNTER, HUSEMAN, HUSER, JACOBS, JACOBY,
  1  9    JOCHUM, KAUFMANN, KELLEY, KRESSIG, KUHN, LENSING,
  1 10      LUKAN, LYKAM, MASCHER, MAY, McCARTHY, MERTZ,
  1 11     H. MILLER, L. MILLER, MURPHY, OLDSON, D. OLSON,
  1 12     R. OLSON, S. OLSON, T. OLSON, PALMER, PAULSEN,
  1 13      PETERSEN, PETTENGILL, QUIRK, RAECKER, RANTS,
  1 14         RASMUSSEN, RAYHONS, REASONER, REICHERT,
  1 15     ROBERTS, SANDS, SCHICKEL, SCHUELLER, SHOMSHOR,
  1 16         SMITH, SODERBERG, STAED, STRUYK, SWAIM,
  1 17     D. TAYLOR, T. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TJEPKES, TOMENGA,
  1 18       TYMESON, UPMEYER, VAN ENGELENHOVEN, WATTS,
  1 19       WENDT, WENTHE, WESSEL-KROESCHELL, WHITAKER,
  1 20      WHITEAD, WIENCEK, WINCKLER, WINDSCHITL, WISE,
  1 21                 WORTHAN, and ZIRKELBACH
  1 22 A Resolution to honor Iowa's Olympic athletes.
  1 23    WHEREAS, the tradition of the Olympic games was
  1 24 revived in 1896 in Athens, Greece, with 14 nations
  1 25 participating in 43 events; and
  1 26    WHEREAS, 112 years later the Olympics includes 35
  1 27 sports, nearly 400 events, and thousands of athletes;
  1 28 and
  1 29    WHEREAS, Iowa has a long and proud Olympic
  1 30 tradition, including many gold medal winners; and
  2  1    WHEREAS, in 2008, Iowa will be represented by the
  2  2 following nine athletes, serving as principal
  2  3 competitors or as alternates, competing in five
  2  4 Olympic sports:
  2  5    Haley Dunn, from Eddyville, competing in skeet
  2  6 shooting; Lee Fullhart, from Hesper, competing in
  2  7 wrestling; Kirk Hinrich, from Sioux City, competing in
  2  8 basketball; Shawn Johnson, from West Des Moines,
  2  9 competing in gymnastics; Sara McMann, from Iowa City,
  2 10 competing in wrestling; Doug Schwab, from Osage,
  2 11 competing in wrestling; Tolly Thompson, from
  2 12 Janesville, competing in wrestling; Joe Williams, from
  2 13 Iowa City, competing in wrestling; and Joey Woody,
  2 14 from Iowa City, competing in track and field; and
  2 15    WHEREAS, the games of the XXIX Olympiad will be
  2 16 held August 8 through 24, 2008, in Beijing, China,
  2 17 with the networks of NBC Universal providing an
  2 18 unprecedented level of coverage totaling 3,600 hours
  2 19 across multiple channels available to Iowans through
  2 20 Mediacom Communications; NOW THEREFORE,
  2 21    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2 22 that the House of Representatives honors these young
  2 23 Iowans, whose efforts bring honor not only to
  2 24 themselves, but also to their communities and all
  2 25 Iowa, and wishes them the best of luck in the XXIX
  2 26 Olympiad.
  2 27 LSB 6513HH 82
  2 28 jr/rj/8