Senate Resolution 123 - Introduced
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S.R. ________ H.R. ________
1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY ANGELO, WIECK, ZIEMAN, KETTERING, BOETTGER,
1 3 WARD, MULDER, JOHNSON, ZAUN, McKINLEY, NOBLE,
1 4 PUTNEY, GASKILL, LUNDBY, HOUSER, SEYMOUR, WOOD,
1 5 HECKROTH, RIELLY, SCHOENJAHN, OLIVE, KREIMAN,
1 6 STEWART, QUIRMBACH, WARNSTADT, RAGAN, BOLKCOM,
1 7 FRAISE, DOTZLER, HATCH, DVORSKY, CONNOLLY, SENG,
1 8 APPEL, HOGG, DEARDEN, GRONSTAL, COURTNEY,
1 9 HANCOCK, KIBBIE, DANIELSON, SCHMITZ, and HORN
1 10 A Resolution to honor Iowa's Olympic athletes.
1 11 WHEREAS, the tradition of the Olympic games was
1 12 revived in 1896 in Athens, Greece, with 14 nations
1 13 participating in 43 events; and
1 14 WHEREAS, 112 years later the Olympics includes 35
1 15 sports, nearly 400 events, and thousands of athletes;
1 16 and
1 17 WHEREAS, Iowa has a long and proud Olympic
1 18 tradition, including many gold medal winners; and
1 19 WHEREAS, in 2008, Iowa will be represented by the
1 20 following nine athletes, serving as principal
1 21 competitors or as alternates, competing in five
1 22 Olympic sports:
1 23 Haley Dunn, from Eddyville, competing in skeet
1 24 shooting; Lee Fullhart, from Hesper, competing in
1 25 wrestling; Kirk Hinrich, from Sioux City, competing in
1 26 basketball; Shawn Johnson, from West Des Moines,
1 27 competing in gymnastics; Sara McMann, from Iowa City,
1 28 competing in wrestling; Doug Schwab, from Osage,
1 29 competing in wrestling; Tolly Thompson, from
1 30 Janesville, competing in wrestling; Joe Williams, from
2 1 Iowa City, competing in wrestling; and Joey Woody,
2 2 from Iowa City, competing in track and field; and
2 3 WHEREAS, the games of the XXIX Olympiad will be
2 4 held August 8 through 24, 2008, in Beijing, China,
2 5 with the networks of NBC Universal providing an
2 6 unprecedented level of coverage totaling 3,600 hours
2 7 across multiple channels available to Iowans through
2 8 Mediacom Communications; NOW THEREFORE,
2 9 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, that the Senate
2 10 honors these young Iowans, whose efforts bring honor
2 11 not only to themselves, but also to their communities
2 12 and all Iowa, and wishes them the best of luck in the
2 13 XXIX Olympiad.
2 14 LSB 6513SS 82
2 15 jr/rj/8