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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 the members of the | ||||||
| 4 | Jesse White Tumbling Team on the occasion of the team's 50th | ||||||
| 5 | anniversary; and
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| 6 | 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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| 12 | 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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| 1 | during the 52nd and 53rd Presidential Inaugural Parades; and
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| 2 | 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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| 8 | 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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| 14 | 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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| 19 | 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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| 1 | the occasion of the team's 50th anniversary and wish them | ||||||
| 2 | continued success and happiness in the future; and be it | ||||||
| 3 | further
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| 4 | 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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