Senate Resolution 118 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2      BY  WARD, ANGELO, APPEL, BEALL, BEHN, BLACK,
  1  3    BOETTGER, BOLKCOM, CONNOLLY, DANIELSON, DEARDEN,
  1  4   DOTZLER, DVORSKY, FRAISE, GASKILL, GRONSTAL, HAHN,
  1  5     HANCOCK, HARTSUCH, HATCH, HECKROTH, HOGG, HORN,
  1  6  HOUSER, JOHNSON, KETTERING, KIBBIE, KREIMAN, LUNDBY,
  1  7     McCOY, McKINLEY, MULDER, NOBLE, OLIVE, PUTNEY,
  1  8     QUIRMBACH, RAGAN, RIELLY, SCHMITZ, SCHOENJAHN,
  1  9     SENG, SEYMOUR, STEWART, WARNSTADT, WIECK, WOOD,
  1 10                    ZAUN, and ZIEMAN
  1 11 A Resolution honoring the remarkable achievements of
  1 12    Iowa's own Shawn Johnson.
  1 13    WHEREAS, the life and career of Iowa high school
  1 14 student Shawn Johnson is a testament to the value of
  1 15 hard work and a dedication to excellence; and
  1 16    WHEREAS, Ms. Johnson began a career in gymnastics
  1 17 at the age of three and through more than a decade of
  1 18 perseverance and hard work is now an elite
  1 19 international gymnast at the age of 16, already being
  1 20 compared to the United States' first female all=around
  1 21 world champion gymnast, Kim Zmeskal; and
  1 22    WHEREAS, under the guidance of coaches Liang Qiao
  1 23 and Liwen Zhuang, Ms. Johnson first appeared on the
  1 24 national scene in 2005, placing third in the junior
  1 25 division at the 2005 U.S. Classic and in 2006 was the
  1 26 2006 U.S. Junior National All=Around Champion; and
  1 27    WHEREAS, in 2007, Ms. Johnson's fiery combination
  1 28 of power and skills catapulted her to world attention,
  1 29 winning the all=around at the 2007 Tyson American Cup,
  1 30 winning four gold medals and one silver medal at the
  2  1 2007 Pan American Games, and winning the 2007 Visa
  2  2 National Championships; and
  2  3    WHEREAS, in September 2007, along with teammates
  2  4 Nastia Liukin, Shayla Worley, Alicia Sacramone, Ivana
  2  5 Hong, and Samantha Peszek, Ms. Johnson placed first in
  2  6 the team competition in the 40th World Artistic
  2  7 Gymnastics Championships held in Stuttgart, Germany,
  2  8 and individually placed first in the all=around and
  2  9 the floor competition; and
  2 10    WHEREAS, as the 2007 World All=Around Champion, Ms.
  2 11 Johnson is now training in the hope of joining the
  2 12 United States women's gymnastic team at the 2008
  2 13 Beijing Olympics; NOW THEREFORE,
  2 14    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That on behalf of all
  2 15 Iowans, the Senate honors Shawn Johnson, a remarkable
  2 16 young athlete whose dedication, skill, poise, and
  2 17 grace have taken her to the world stage and will take
  2 18 her farther still in the future.
  2 19 LSB 5127SS 82
  2 20 jr/rj/5.2