Senate Bill sb2812

    Florida Senate - 2004        (NP)                      SR 2812

    By Senator Saunders





    37-217A-04

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution commending Team Kobayashi of Cape

  3         Coral, Florida, for winning the Silver Medal in

  4         the Collective Performance Division of the 2003

  5         USA National Karate-Do Federation Tournament.

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  7         WHEREAS, Team Kobayashi of Cape Coral, Florida,

  8  composed of students aged 5 to 47 years, competed in the USA

  9  National Karate-Do Federation Tournament in San Jose,

10  California, on July 25, 2003, and earned 38 medals and won the

11  Silver Medal in the Collective Performance Division of the

12  competition, and

13         WHEREAS, Team Kobayashi competed in the USA National

14  Karate-Do Junior Olympics in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on

15  November 8, 2003, and earned 26 medals, including 9 Gold

16  Medals, 10 Silver Medals, and 7 Bronze Medals, and

17         WHEREAS, the coaches of the Team were Bernard Dougherty

18  and Yuki Dougherty, and the participating members of the team

19  were Pamela Calvert, Stephen Cross, Adrian Dougherty, Daichi

20  Dougherty, Miko Dougherty, Khoi Duong, Hollyanne Ebner, Erin

21  Hodson, Christian Jurney, Steven Lam, Cynthia Martin, Jerome

22  Martin, Neda Mustafa, Emanuel Paz, Max Peugues, Anthony

23  Rosado, Bencis Sanchez, Joseph Schilk, Grayson Sifrar, Chelsea

24  Spiro, Christopher Spiro, C.J. Spiro, William Staeb, Evan

25  Thompson, Sharon Thompson, Alex Wilson, and Zach Wilson, and

26         WHEREAS, the Team routinely performs free Karate

27  demonstrations in Cape Coral and Lee County to entertain and

28  promote good will for numerous organizations, such as the

29  American Cancer Society, the Kiwanis Club, the Westbay

30  Retirement Home, and St. Jude's Children's Hospital, and

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    Florida Senate - 2004        (NP)                      SR 2812
    37-217A-04




 1         WHEREAS, the team's civic activities and successes in

 2  Karate competitions bring distinctive honor to the State of

 3  Florida and its citizens, especially those who reside in Cape

 4  Coral and Lee County, by exemplifying the responsible

 5  citizenship and competitive excellence a group of young men

 6  and women can attain by combining their talents and

 7  disciplining themselves in work to excel in performing the art

 8  of Karate, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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12         That Team Kobayashi of Cape Coral, Florida, is

13  commended for its outstanding accomplishments in competition

14  at the USA National Karate-Do Federation Tournament in San

15  Jose, California, and at the USA National Karate-Do Junior

16  Olympics in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and for its

17  responsible citizenship in routinely performing free Karate

18  demonstrations for community service organizations in and

19  around Cape Coral and Lee County.

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

21  with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Team

22  Kobayashi of Cape Coral, Florida, as a tangible token of the

23  sentiments of the Florida Senate.

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