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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The 1958-59 basketball team at L-P-O Junior
3 College was the most successful team in L-P-O's history as
4 the Apaches finished with an overall 19-6 record, and capped
5 the season with a trip to the National Junior College
6 Tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas; and
7 WHEREAS, The Apache's very own half-pint guards, Bob
8 Walsh and Jim Mini, were the best outside shooters, and in
9 one tournament game remarkably scored 73 points between them;
10 and
11 WHEREAS, Along with their outstanding coach, John Strell,
12 co-captains Walsh and Mini, Irv Batten, George Pohl, John
13 Ossola, Dave Simkins, Joe DiCaroli, and John Wyzgowski
14 received honors during a special ceremony at Illinois Valley
15 Community College, formerly known as L-P-O, on January 22,
16 2000; and
17 WHEREAS, WLPO's Lanny Slevin introduced each former team
18 member before a packed gymnasium of proud families, friends,
19 and fans prior to the I.V.C.C. basketball game against the
20 College of DuPage; and
21 WHEREAS, Both Bob Walsh and Jim Mini still shine forty
22 years later as they reminisce about the days when they could
23 turn any deficit into a game-winning situation by playing
24 smart and shooting from the outside, tallying only two points
25 per shot, since the three-point rule was not yet in the
26 books; and
27 WHEREAS, Bob Walsh and Jim Mini displayed extraordinary
28 charisma as if nothing has changed between them, as they
29 smiled and humbly accepted recognition for holding major
30 records at L-P-O; Jim Mini holds personal records in scoring
31 48 points in a game, 633 points in a season, and 1,172 points
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1 in a career; and
2 WHEREAS, Bob Walsh holds the career high personal record
3 for shooting percentage at 47.7%, and a career low for the
4 fewest fouls at 49; and
5 WHEREAS, These records remind us of the grace,
6 discipline, and hard work put forth by Jim Mini and Bob Walsh
7 to become both basketball stars and stars in life; and
8 WHEREAS, Today Dr. Jim Mini is a successful medical
9 doctor in DuPage County; Bob Walsh is a successful insurance
10 salesman at Suarez and Associates in Peru; therefore, be it
11 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
12 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
13 we congratulate Jim Mini, Bob Walsh, Coach Strell, and the
14 entire 1958-1959 men's basketball team at L-P-O Junior
15 College for providing memories and showing true
16 sportsmanship; and be it further
17 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
18 presented to Bob Walsh and Jim Mini.