Honoring South Bend Silver Hawks Manager Mark Haley

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RESOLUTION NO. 3521 -05 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, PUBLICLY HONORING SOUTH BEND SILVER HAWKS MANAGER MARK HALEY lzeca, September 2005 will long be remembered as "Sweet September" in South Bend, Indiana, as the South Bend Silver Hawks captured the 2005 Midwest League Championship with a 4 -0 win over the Timberrattlers as the Hawks won the best of five games in the championship series; and Weireaa, the South Bend Common Council is proud to honor Mark Haley, Manager of the 2005 Silver Hawks who skippered his young and talented team to win the league championship ; and l4IA.e",w, Hawks Manager, Mark Haley, is a Granger resident and has a vast amount of baseball experience having spent 13 seasons as a coach/manager in the Chicago White Sox organization, including serving in 1991, 1992 and 1995 as the hitting coach with South Bend when the Silver Hawks were a Chicago White Sox affiliate; hitting coach with Sarasota in 1993, Hickory in 1994, Prince William in 1996, Winston -Salem in 1997, 1999, 2001 & 2002, and Great Falls in 2003 and 2004; and exeaa, Hawks Manager Mark Haley began his coaching career in the college and university ranks serving as an assistant at the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers [having been a member of the Cornhuskers' 1980 Big Eight Championship Team] and the University of Tennessee Volunteers; while serving as the interim Head Coach in Knoxville for the 1987 season. C% Ge eZ wuoGr , by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: Section I. On behalf of all of the citizens of the City of South Bend, Indiana, the Common Council hereby congratulates Mark Haley, Manager of the South Bend Silver Hawks for winning the 2005 Midwest League Championship. Section II. The South Bend Common Council is especially proud to recognize the management style of Hawks skipper, Mark Haley. Mark focused on getting the team "to remain consistent ". This became a key and winning component of the South Bend Silver Hawks; with the Hawks having the best record in the Midwest League's 2005 regular season. The Council wishes Mark, his wife Ann, son J.R. and daughter Kelly, all the very best in the years ahead. Go HawksM Section III . This Resolution ouncil and pr val by the Mayor. shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the hn oorde, City Clerk PRESENTED NOT APPROVED ADOPTED Al "Buddy" Fits, At Large At Karin L. White, At Large a� - KathleenCekanski- Farrand,Council Attorney Stephen' . Lue ce, ayor of South Bend