PROPOSAL NO. 53, 2006 -Ted Somerville  

PROPOSAL NO. 53, 2006. The proposal, sponsored by Councillor Bradford, honors Ted Somerville. Councillor Bradford read the proposal and presented Mr. Somerville with a copy of the document and a Council pin. Mr. Somerville thanked the Council for the recognition. Councillor Bradford moved, seconded by Councillor Gibson, for adoption. Proposal No. 53, 2006 was adopted by a unanimous voice vote.

Proposal No. 53, 2006 was retitled SPECIAL RESOLUTION NO. 6, 2006, and reads as follows: CITY-COUNTY SPECIAL RESOLUTION NO. 6, 2006
A SPECIAL RESOLUTION honoring Ted Somerville. WHEREAS, while many teenagers choose to spend their summer vacations hanging out and taking a break, last summer 16-year old Ted Somerville chose to do something more personal and meaningf ul; and

WHEREAS, on July 18, 2005, Ted began a labor of love that would memorialize his father and raise money for cancer research; and

WHEREAS, Ted, then a junior at Park Tudor High School and also a track and cross-country star, decided he would run a 120-mile course in record breaking heat from his home in Indianapolis to the east shore of Lake Maxinkuckee in Culver , Indiana. Ted chose this particular course because his father enjoyed the drive and it was the last trip Ted took with his father; and

WHEREAS, giving way to sweat and tears, Ted’s triumphant run was completed just one day before July 25, 2005, the day his father wo uld have celebrated his 50th birthday; now, therefore:

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY-COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS AND OF MARION COUNTY, INDIANA:
SECTION 1. The Indianapolis City-County Council sincerely congrat ulates Ted in his heartfelt effort to honor his father and raise cancer awareness; Ted raised approximately $20,000 in pledges to the American Cancer Society.

SECTION 2. The Council has Ted and his family in their thoughts and prayers and hopes that Ted’s dream (“for no family to have to go through what his did”) will soon become a reality.

SECTION 3. The Mayor is invited to join in this resolution by affixing his signature hereto.

SECTION 4. This resolution shall be in full force and effect upon adoption and compliance with IC 36- 3-4-14.
Proposal No. 53, 2006 Page 2 The foregoing was passed by the City-County Council this __ day of __, 2006, at ___ p.m.

ATTEST:

_____, Monroe Gray President, City-County Council ___,
Jean Ann Milharcic Clerk, City-County Council

Presented by me to the Mayor this __ day of __, 2006, at 10:00 a.m.

____ , Jean Ann Milharcic Clerk, City-County Council
Approved and signed by me this _____ day of ____________, 2006.


___, Bart Peterson, Mayor
Junior Ted Somerville raised more than $10,000 for the American Cancer Society this summer in a run from Indianapolis to Culver. Ted, a member of Park Tudor's cross-country team, made the journey to honor the memory of his father Chip, who died two years ago a fter a year-and-a-half fight with a brain tumor. Ted timed the run to coincide with what would have been his father's 50th birthday, saying, "Because he graduated from Culver Military Academy and grew up on Lake Maxinkuckee, my father often enjoyed this 120-mile route along the back roads of Indiana. As a matter of fact, this was the last trip I took with my father." Ted was joined during several legs of his journey by Park Tudor classmates.

The Times Park Tudor - Indianapolis, In. August 25, 2005