Senate Bill 0176

    Florida Senate - 2000        (NP)                       SR 176

    By Senator Brown-Waite





    10-182-00

  1                    Senate Resolution No.     

  2         A resolution commending the Dixie Belles

  3         softball team of Hernando County for winning

  4         the 1999 Dixie World Series Championship.

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  6         WHEREAS, the Dixie Belles softball team of the Hernando

  7  Youth League recently parlayed their skill, hard work, and

  8  determination into unprecedented success in a major softball

  9  tournament, and

10         WHEREAS, the Dixie Belles team consists of girls 13-15

11  years of age who represent all three Hernando County public

12  high schools, and

13         WHEREAS, the Dixie Belles emerged victorious over other

14  Hernando County teams and teams throughout the state at the

15  Dixie League Softball State Tournament held at Tom Varn Park

16  in early July 1999, and

17         WHEREAS, the Dixie Belles then traveled to Evans,

18  Georgia, to compete against five teams, lasting through six

19  games and finally defeating Alabama on August 5th to claim the

20  Dixie World Series Championship title, NOW, THEREFORE,

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22  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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24         That the Florida Senate does hereby recognize the

25  accomplishments of the Dixie Belles softball team in winning

26  the 1999 Dixie World Series Championship and does congratulate

27  team members Carrie Bruzzi, Shauna Dampier, Emily Eicholtz,

28  Carolyn Gant, Lyndsay Grey, Whitney Griffin, Jessica Maggard,

29  Jennifer Reyes, Kristi Langworthy, Caitlin Sears, Tonya

30  Stevenson, Nicole Young, and Heather Krasniewski; team manager

31  Darin Dampier; team coaches Sam Hill and Paul Grey; and the

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    Florida Senate - 2000        (NP)                       SR 176
    10-182-00




  1  Hernando Youth League Board, and commends the team for being

  2  the first girl's team in Hernando County history to capture a

  3  Dixie World Series title.

  4         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution,

  5  with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to team

  6  manager Darin Dampier as a token of the sentiments of the

  7  Florida Senate.

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