Full Text of HR1139 93rd General Assembly
HR1139 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Eight years ago, Springfield began hosting the | 3 |
| world championship of wiffle ball; and
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| WHEREAS, The original co-founders, Speaker Madigan's Chief | 5 |
| Issues Operative Mike Thomson and Labor Representative Sean | 6 |
| Stott, along with their wives, have hosted this tournament in | 7 |
| Springfield at Stott International Backyard Park for the last | 8 |
| eight years; and
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| WHEREAS, Teams of Stott/Thomson were able to win the | 10 |
| tournament in the early days over a small and weak field of | 11 |
| contestants; and
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| WHEREAS, Recent tournaments have increased in size | 13 |
| including two young athletic dynamos who joined forces to begin | 14 |
| a new wiffle ball dynasty; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2002, current House Republican staffer Beth | 16 |
| Bear and former House Republican staffer Ed Peck brought the | 17 |
| honor of athletic glory and a World Championship to the common | 18 |
| folk of the State of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Beth Bear and Ed Peck, to no shock of the sporting | 20 |
| world, demonstrated superior talent and athletic prowess in | 21 |
| winning the title again this past weekend; and
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| WHEREAS, Beth Bear and Ed Peck are now two time Wiffle Ball | 23 |
| World Champions, having won 2 of the last 3 world | 24 |
| championships; and
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| WHEREAS, This indomitable force has reached the summit of | 26 |
| athletic glory and has been coined by ESPN as a "dynasty" and | 27 |
| one of the top 25 teams of all time, ranking with the likes of | 28 |
| the Chicago Bulls and New York Yankees; and
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| WHEREAS, It is doubtful that teams of Stott/Thomson will | 2 |
| ever again reach the pinnacle of the sport; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that, | 5 |
| along with the citizens of the great State of Illinois, we | 6 |
| congratulate Beth Bear and Ed Peck on their accomplishments and | 7 |
| their contribution to wiffle ball in particular and athletics | 8 |
| in general as witnessed by their two, and counting, Backyard | 9 |
| Wiffle Ball Classic Championships; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to Beth Bear and Ed Peck as an expression of our | 12 |
| respect and esteem.
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