First Regular Session
Sixty-first General Assembly
LLS NO. R97@0653.01 CJ
STATE OF COLORADO
BY REPRESENTATIVE Sullivant;
also SENATOR Hopper.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 97-1012
WHEREAS, The Summit County Senior Citizens, Inc.,
a group comprised of Summit County residents who are 55 years
and older, organizes and stages winter athletic games with the
help of volunteers; and
WHEREAS, Active retirees initiated these winter athletic
games as an incentive to keep physically and mentally fit and
active; and
WHEREAS, These winter athletic games have attracted
people from 12 states, including the countries of Canada and Europe,
with the oldest competitor having been 92 years old; and
WHEREAS, These activities contribute to the well-being
of senior citizens by allowing them the opportunity to share their
healthy lifestyles together; and
WHEREAS, The annual Senior Winter Games at the Summit
will be held this year in Breckenridge; and
WHEREAS, A number of events will take place, ranging
from speed skating and figure skating, alpine ski racing, cross
country ski racing, to a biathlon, snow shoe and relay races;
and
WHEREAS, We should recognize these senior citizens
for their achievements and continued ambition in improving themselves
and developing their full potential; and
WHEREAS, It is fitting and appropriate for the citizens
of Colorado to join together in commemorating the annual Senior
Winter Games at the Summit; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives
of the Sixtyfirst General Assembly of the State of Colorado,
the Senate concurring herein:
That we, the members of the General Assembly, hereby
recognize and commend the efforts of the senior citizens of Summit
County who organize, as well as the senior citizens who will participate
in, the 17th annual Senior Winter Games at the Summit that will
take place February 2, 1997, through February 4, 1997, at Breckenridge.
Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Resolution be sent to the Summit County Senior Citizens, Inc.