Senate
Resolution
9
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Introduced
SENATE
RESOLUTION
NO.
9
BY
BOWMAN
A
Resolution
recognizing
December
10,
2017,
as
Tim
1
O’Connell
Day
in
Iowa.
2
WHEREAS,
Tim
O’Connell,
a
native
of
Zwingle,
Iowa,
3
and
a
graduate
of
Maquoketa
High
School,
is
the
first
4
Iowan
to
win
the
Professional
Rodeo
Cowboys
Association
5
Bareback
Riding
World
Championship;
and
6
WHEREAS,
Mr.
O’Connell
set
a
bareback
riding
record
7
and
claimed
the
biggest
single-season
total
in
any
8
rodeo
event
at
the
2016
Wrangler
National
Finals
Rodeo
9
in
Las
Vegas,
Nevada;
and
10
WHEREAS,
prior
to
winning
the
world
championship,
11
Tim
O’Connell
was
named
Professional
Rodeo
Cowboys
12
Association
Resistol
Bareback
Riding
Rookie
of
the
Year
13
in
2013
and
Bareback
Riding
Permit
Holder
of
the
Year
14
in
2012,
in
addition
to
numerous
other
achievements
in
15
the
rodeo
arena;
NOW
THEREFORE,
16
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
SENATE,
That
the
Senate
17
recognizes
the
accomplishments
of
Mr.
O’Connell
in
18
bareback
horse
riding
and
designates
December
10,
2017,
19
as
Tim
O’Connell
Day
in
Iowa.
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