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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
15     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16 presented to Kimberly Rothstein as a symbol of our esteem and
17 respect.