[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 7073-7074]
[From the U.S. 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

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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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