Bill Text: IL HR0143 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Kimberly Rothstein and the members of the Troy Special Olympics basketball team on the occasion of the successful formation of their team.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-03-03 - Resolution Adopted [HR0143 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR0143-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | 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 | and
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| 7 | 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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| 19 | 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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| 1 | winners will move on to the Statewide competition; and
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| 2 | 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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| 8 | 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 | further
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| 15 | 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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