Full Text of HR0874 96th General Assembly
HR0874 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate the members of the | 4 |
| Jesse White Tumbling Team on the occasion of the team's 50th | 5 |
| anniversary in 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, The Jesse White Tumbling Team has thrilled | 7 |
| audiences since September 26, 1959, when Illinois Secretary of | 8 |
| State Jesse White, the team's founder and coach, created the | 9 |
| team to provide a recreational, athletic, educational, and | 10 |
| cultural enrichment experience for young people throughout the | 11 |
| State; the team makes over 1,000 appearances each year; and
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| WHEREAS, The Jesse White Tumbling Team's acrobatic | 13 |
| performances can frequently be seen during half-time shows for | 14 |
| the National Basketball Association, the National Football | 15 |
| League, and Major League Baseball games; the team has appeared | 16 |
| on numerous television programs, including Late Night with | 17 |
| David Letterman, The Tonight Show, Good Morning America, The | 18 |
| Jenny Jones Show, the Mickey Mouse Club, and How'd They Do | 19 |
| That; the team entertains at business and sporting events | 20 |
| year-round, including colleges and universities nationwide; | 21 |
| the team also performed during the 52nd and 53rd Presidential | 22 |
| Inaugural Parades; and
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| WHEREAS, The Jesse White Tumbling Team also has an | 2 |
| international following; the team's fans can be found from | 3 |
| Tokyo, Japan, to Hong Kong, China, Bermuda, Jamaica, and | 4 |
| Canada; and
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| WHEREAS, A number of the Jesse White Tumblers, some of whom | 6 |
| are as young as 6 years old, are residents of Chicago's Cabrini | 7 |
| Green and Henry Horner housing developments; other members of | 8 |
| the team are residents from 10 communities within the Chicago | 9 |
| metropolitan area; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, The Jesse White Tumbling Team was designed to be a | 11 |
| juvenile delinquency prevention program that helps youngsters | 12 |
| "grow tall and straight"; the members are required to abide by | 13 |
| Jesse White's strict rules, which include staying in school, | 14 |
| maintaining a "C" average in academic coursework, and staying | 15 |
| away from gangs and drugs; and
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| WHEREAS, Due to Jesse White's "tough love" approach and his | 17 |
| active involvement as coach, teacher, friend, mentor, | 18 |
| confidant, and surrogate father to the members, over 11,500 | 19 |
| young men and women have benefited from the program since the | 20 |
| team's inception; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, The Jesse White Tumbling Team will celebrate the | 22 |
| 50th anniversary of the creation of the team during a reception |
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| and dinner on February 23, 2010 at the United Center in | 2 |
| Chicago; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 5 |
| congratulate the members of the Jesse White Tumbling Team on | 6 |
| the occasion of the team's 50th anniversary and thank Illinois | 7 |
| Secretary of State Jesse White for his involvement with this | 8 |
| wonderful program; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White as a | 11 |
| symbol of our esteem and respect.
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