Full Text of HR0150 94th General Assembly
HR0150 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives are | 3 |
| pleased to honor the Amateur Hockey Association Illinois, Inc., | 4 |
| Hornets Youth Sled Hockey Team, based in Bensenville; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, Sled hockey is an ice sport that allows | 6 |
| individuals with disabilities to enjoy hockey; it is very | 7 |
| similar to "stand-up hockey" in terms of concept and rules; the | 8 |
| main difference is that instead of standing up to skate, | 9 |
| participants sit on their skates using an adaptive device known | 10 |
| as a sled, which is affixed with two skate blades and a runner | 11 |
| in the front to form a tripod; the other main difference is | 12 |
| that in sled hockey participants use two shortened hockey | 13 |
| sticks with a blade on one end and a pick (similar to the end of | 14 |
| a figure skate) on the other end, which enables them to propel | 15 |
| themselves across the ice much like in cross country skiing; | 16 |
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| WHEREAS, The Hornets' mission is to provide any youngsters | 18 |
| 17 years old or younger with a physical disability the | 19 |
| opportunity, at no cost, to learn, enjoy and have fun playing | 20 |
| the game of hockey; the program is funded in part through a | 21 |
| grant to AHAI from Chicago Blackhawk Charities, a fund of the | 22 |
| McCormick Tribune Foundation; and | 23 |
| WHEREAS, The Hornets program was started in 2004 by a group | 24 |
| of experienced and dedicated individuals within the Illinois | 25 |
| hockey community to provide an opportunity for everyBODY to | 26 |
| participate in this great sport; the ultimate goal is to get as | 27 |
| many players who are interested on the ice this year; and | 28 |
| WHEREAS, The Hornets practice every Wednesday night at the | 29 |
| Edge Ice Arena in Bensenville; the team attended the first | 30 |
| annual Disabled Hockey Festival in Detroit, Michigan, from | 31 |
| February 18-20, 2005; all four disabled disciplines were |
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| represented: sled hockey, special hockey, amputee hockey, and | 2 |
| hearing impaired hockey; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, The members of the Hornets are Michael McCarthy, | 4 |
| Brad Pawelkiewicz, Nick Trcjanowicz, Brianna Fuentes, Pearl | 5 |
| Gannon, Peter Bleka, Dan Suero, Kyle Picchetti, Sean Grady, | 6 |
| Kelsey Haase, Brendan Meyers, Nathanael Rymsza, Erica | 7 |
| Mitchell, Ronen Young, Sandra Nehmzow, Matt Trilo, Steven Fako, | 8 |
| and John Wrubel; therefore, be it | 9 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 |
| we honor the members of the Bensenville Hornets Youth Sled | 12 |
| Hockey Team for their courage and determination to participate | 13 |
| in a sport, when many would tell them they could not; and be it | 14 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to the Hornets Sled Hockey Team as an expression of | 17 |
| our sincere respect and esteem and with best wishes for the | 18 |
| continued success of the organization.
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