Full Text of HR0143 96th General Assembly
HR0143 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 Kimberly Rothstein | 4 |
| and the members of the Troy 30-C Special Olympics basketball | 5 |
| team on the occasion of the successful formation of their team; | 6 |
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| WHEREAS, The idea to form the Troy 30-C Special Olympics | 8 |
| basketball team came from Kimberly Rothstein, a teacher at | 9 |
| Crossroads Elementary School, whose friend, a Chicago public | 10 |
| school teacher, had experienced great success with a Special | 11 |
| Olympics program; inspired by her friend's success, Ms. | 12 |
| Rothstein met with Ken Surma, the interim director of | 13 |
| transportation and former assistant principal at Troy Middle | 14 |
| School, about forming a team in Troy; Mr. Surma, excited about | 15 |
| the prospect, helped supply the team with uniforms, | 16 |
| basketballs, and storage bags for the team to get started; he | 17 |
| also arranged for the team to have a joint practice with the | 18 |
| seventh and eighth-grade team at Troy Middle School; and
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| WHEREAS, This year, Ms. Rothstein formed a basketball team | 20 |
| in order to try out the program and hopes to build a full team | 21 |
| next year; the students are currently practicing their | 22 |
| dribbling, passing, and shooting skills for a skills | 23 |
| competition in February of 2009, in which any gold medal |
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| winners will move on to the Statewide competition; and
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Troy Special Olympics | 3 |
| basketball team are Daija Vick, Stephanie Pransky, Elizabeth | 4 |
| Ketcherside, Mitchell Houlihan, Bobby Casares, Christian | 5 |
| Cisneros, Noah Baker, Alondra Diaz, Jennifer Taylor, Alex | 6 |
| Arias, Dylan Boulanger, Andy McCarty, Davon Yates, Tommy | 7 |
| Martinez, Justin Petrizzo, and Clevonte Tate; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 10 |
| congratulate Kimberly Rothstein and the members of the Troy | 11 |
| 30-C Special Olympics basketball team on the occasion of the | 12 |
| successful formation of their team and wish them continued | 13 |
| success and happiness in their future endeavors; and be it | 14 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to Kimberly Rothstein as a symbol of our esteem and | 17 |
| respect.
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