Senate Resolution 125 - Introduced

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  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 honoring 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; NOW
  2  3 THEREFORE,
  2  4    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  2  5 honors these young Iowans, whose efforts bring honor
  2  6 not only to themselves, but also to their communities
  2  7 and all Iowa, and wishes them the best of luck in the
  2  8 XXIX Olympiad.
  2  9 LSB 6644SS 82
  2 10 jr/rj/8