Full Text of HR0997 096th General Assembly
HR0997 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; and
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| WHEREAS, The Jesse White Tumbling Team has thrilled | 7 |
| audiences since 1959, when Illinois Secretary of State Jesse | 8 |
| White, the team's founder and coach, created the team to serve | 9 |
| as a positive alternative for children residing in and around | 10 |
| the Chicago area; the team makes over 1,000 appearances each | 11 |
| 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 Late Night with David Letterman, The Tonight Show starring | 17 |
| Jay Leno, Good Morning America, The Jenny Jones Show, Disney | 18 |
| Channel's Mickey Mouse Club, CBS' How'd They Do That, and | 19 |
| several performances on Nippon Television in Tokyo; the team | 20 |
| has been featured in commercials for Coca-Cola, Jewel Food | 21 |
| Store, the Chicago White Sox, and Blue Cross/Blue Shield; the | 22 |
| team has appeared in the movies Heaven is a Playground, Ferris | 23 |
| Buehler's Day Off, and The Meteor Man; the team also performed |
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| during the 52nd and 53rd Presidential Inaugural Parades; and
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| WHEREAS, The Jesse White Tumbling Team has an international | 3 |
| following; the team's fans can be found from Tokyo, Japan, to | 4 |
| Hong Kong, China, Bermuda, Jamaica, and Canada; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, The members of the Jesse White Tumblers are | 6 |
| residents from 10 communities within the Chicago metropolitan | 7 |
| area; some are as young as 6 years old; and
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| WHEREAS, The Jesse White Tumbling Team was designed to be a | 9 |
| juvenile delinquency prevention program that helps youngsters | 10 |
| "grow tall and straight"; the members are required to abide by | 11 |
| Jesse White's strict rules, which include staying in school, | 12 |
| maintaining a "C" average in academic coursework, and staying | 13 |
| away from gangs and drugs; and
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| WHEREAS, Due to Jesse White's "tough love" approach and his | 15 |
| active involvement as coach, teacher, friend, mentor, | 16 |
| confidant, and surrogate father to the members, over 11,500 | 17 |
| young men and women have benefited from the program since the | 18 |
| team's inception; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 21 |
| congratulate the members of the Jesse White Tumbling Team on |
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| the occasion of the team's 50th anniversary and wish them | 2 |
| continued success and happiness in the future; and be it | 3 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 |
| presented to the Jesse White Tumbling Team as a symbol of our | 6 |
| esteem and respect.
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