Senate Resolution 135 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2            BY  NOBLE, ZAUN, DEARDEN, HATCH,
  1  3                     McCOY AND WARD
  1  4 A Resolution welcoming the new Iowa Barnstormers arena
  1  5    football team to Iowa.
  1  6    WHEREAS, in 1993, Iowan Jim Foster, the originator
  1  7 of indoor football, returned home to begin his own
  1  8 franchise in Des Moines; and
  1  9    WHEREAS, the Iowa Barnstormers debuted in Des
  1 10 Moines in 1995 as a member of the Arena Football
  1 11 League, but left the state in 2000; and
  1 12    WHEREAS, after eight years, a new Barnstormers team
  1 13 has taken the field, as an arenafootball2 team; and
  1 14    WHEREAS, the Iowa Barnstormers will compete as part
  1 15 of a 29=team league; and
  1 16    WHEREAS, the Iowa Barnstormers will play in the
  1 17 six=team Midwest Division of the American Conference,
  1 18 which also includes the Green Bay Blizzard, Lexington
  1 19 Horsemen, Louisville Fire, Peoria Pirates, and Quad
  1 20 City Steamwheelers; and
  1 21    WHEREAS, the Iowa Barnstormers' home opener is
  1 22 April 14, 2008, against Lexington at Wells Fargo Arena
  1 23 in Des Moines; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 24    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  1 25 welcomes the Iowa Barnstormers back to Des Moines and
  1 26 encourages all Iowans to attend the Iowa Barnstormers'
  1 27 home opener and enjoy this latest addition to Iowa
  1 28 sports.
  1 29 LSB 6662SS 82
  1 30 jr/nh/24