[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 48 (Wednesday, April 20, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H2156]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  NATIONAL WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT'S SPIRIT AWARDS

  (Mr. SNYDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. SNYDER. Mr. Speaker, the National Wheelchair Basketball 
Association is the largest and oldest wheelchair sports organization in 
the world. Established over 50 years ago, the NWBA has provided 
opportunities for people with physical disabilities, including children 
and disabled veterans, to play the game of basketball.
  The NWBA runs on generosity and volunteers; and one of those 
volunteers is Harry Vines of Sherwood, Arkansas, who has served as 
president since 2001. Harry is known in Arkansas for many volunteer 
activities, most significantly as coach of the Arkansas Rollin' 
Razorbacks, a five-time national championship wheelchair basketball 
team that he helped found in 1978. A high school All American 
basketball player at Central High School in Little Rock, Harry played 
at Oklahoma City University before returning to Arkansas as a coach and 
later a rehab counselor and administrator.
  Harry and the NWBA award, the NWBA Spirit Awards, recognize the work 
of outstanding volunteers and organizations that support the NWBA. The 
2005 Spirit Award recipients include long-time UT-Arlington Jim Hayes, 
Bluegrass Invitational Tournament director Evelyn Bologna, Division III 
chairman Tim Stout, and the University of Illinois' Wheelchair Sports 
Program.
  Congratulations to all of these outstanding individuals.

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