File #: 16-4779    Version: 1 Name: HONORING THE CLEAR RIDGE BASEBALL TEAM’S SENIOR LEAGUE WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 8/10/2016 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 9/14/2016 Final action: 9/14/2016
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION HONORING THE CLEAR RIDGE BASEBALL TEAM'S SENIOR LEAGUE WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP WHEREAS, on August 6, 2016, the Clear Ridge Baseball Team became the first team from Illinois to win the Senior League World Series in the 55 year history of the event; and WHEREAS, the 16 players on the Clear Ridge Baseball Team's roster all live on the South Side of Chicago in the Garfield Park and Clearing neighborhoods and have played baseball together for over a decade; and WHEREAS, the 16 players on the Clear Ridge Baseball Team's roster all attend Catholic high schools on the South Side of Chicago, including St. Laurence, St. Rita, De La Salle, Marist and Nazareth; and WHEREAS, throughout the last decade the players on the Clear Ridge Baseball Team have developed leadership skills, learned the value of teamwork and self-discipline, and enjoyed the unique recreational spirit offered to participants and spectators alike in the great American pastime of baseball; and WHEREAS,...
Sponsors: JOHN P. DALEY, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), LUIS ARROYO JR, RICHARD R. BOYKIN, JERRY BUTLER, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, BRIDGET GAINER, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, GREGG GOSLIN, STANLEY MOORE, SEAN M. MORRISON, JOAN PATRICIA MURPHY, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, ROBERT STEELE, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

HONORING THE CLEAR RIDGE BASEBALL TEAM'S SENIOR LEAGUE WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP

WHEREAS, on August 6, 2016, the Clear Ridge Baseball Team became the first team from Illinois to win the Senior League World Series in the 55 year history of the event; and

WHEREAS, the 16 players on the Clear Ridge Baseball Team's roster all live on the South Side of Chicago in the Garfield Park and Clearing neighborhoods and have played baseball together for over a decade; and

WHEREAS, the 16 players on the Clear Ridge Baseball Team's roster all attend Catholic high schools on the South Side of Chicago, including St. Laurence, St. Rita, De La Salle, Marist and Nazareth; and

WHEREAS, throughout the last decade the players on the Clear Ridge Baseball Team have developed leadership skills, learned the value of teamwork and self-discipline, and enjoyed the unique recreational spirit offered to participants and spectators alike in the great American pastime of baseball; and

WHEREAS, the Clear Ridge Baseball Team won the right to represent the U.S. Central Region in the Senior League World Series; and

WHEREAS, the Clear Ridge Baseball Team defeated teams from Virginia, Spain and Puerto Rico en route to the Championship Game of the Senior League World Series; and

WHEREAS, the Clear Ridge Baseball Team defeated Australia by a score of 7-2 in a hard fought championship game played in Bangor, Maine that was nationally televised; and

WHEREAS, the players and coaches of the Clear Ridge Baseball Team have consistently and diligently worked toward the goal of winning the Senior League World Series and in the process they have brought great joy to their community and the City of Chicago; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Commissioners of Cook County, that the Board does hereby extend its congratulations to the players and coaches of the Clear Ridge Baseball Team for winning the Senior League World Series, and offers its best wishes for continued ...

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