SR 66 - Sr, Softball-USA World Champion- ship - commend Ga. Peaches

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A resolution commending the Georgia Peaches on winning the 1996 Senior Softball-USA World Championship tournament.

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SR 66                                               LC 8 2919 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                             A RESOLUTION 
 
  1- 1  Commending the Georgia Peaches on winning the 1996 Senior 
  1- 2  Softball-USA World Championship tournament; and for other 
  1- 3  purposes. 
 
  1- 4  WHEREAS, the Georgia Peaches brought national attention and 
  1- 5  fame to their state and communities by winning the 1996 
  1- 6  Senior Softball-USA World Championship tournament at 
  1- 7  Phoenix, Arizona, on October 13, 1996; and 
 
  1- 8  WHEREAS, the Senior World Championship slow pitch tournament 
  1- 9  is an exciting, nationwide contest among teams composed of 
  1-10  men age 65 and older; and 
 
  1-11  WHEREAS, the Georgia Peaches are members of the 12-team 
  1-12  Gwinnett-DeKalb Senior Softball League whose considerable 
  1-13  talent, stamina, and moxie are matched only by their 
  1-14  incredible zest for the game; and 
 
  1-15  WHEREAS, these senior softballers claimed their first 
  1-16  national title after emerging victorious from a rigorous set 
  1-17  of preliminaries and a grueling series of three final games 
  1-18  played on the last day in 100-degree heat; and 
 
  1-19  WHEREAS, their motivation, perseverance, and remarkable 
  1-20  resilience have made them a team that is exciting to watch, 
  1-21  and their enjoyment of each other and this fabulous sport is 
  1-22  readily apparent regardless of the score; and 
 
  1-23  WHEREAS, the team manager and catcher is Jim Carr of 
  1-24  Norcross, and fellow players include outfielders Curtis 
  1-25  Caldwell of Duluth, Angelo Mercurio of Thomaston, Bobby 
  1-26  Hines of Smyrna, Dean Holland of Gainesville, Buster Harris 
  1-27  of Social Circle, Harold Carlsen of Stone Mountain, and 
  1-28  George McKie of North Augusta, South Carolina; infielders 
  1-29  Les Boswell of Morrow, Ray Bearden of Conyers, Roy Sims of 
  1-30  Savannah, Smoke Gocken of Kathleen, Fred Gordon of Conyers, 
  1-31  and Dick Phillips of Jacksonville, Alabama; and pitchers 
  1-32  Wheeler Fowler of Decatur and Billy King of Franklin. 
 
  1-33  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the 
  1-34  members of this body congratulate the Georgia Peaches on 
  1-35  winning the 1996 Senior Softball-USA World Championship 
 
 
 
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  2- 1  tournament and convey their best wishes to these terrific 
  2- 2  softballers. 
 
  2- 3  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is 
  2- 4  authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of 
  2- 5  this resolution to each member of the Georgia Peaches 
  2- 6  softball team. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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