HomeMy WebLinkAboutHonoring South Bend Silver Hawks Manager Mark HaleyRESOLUTION
3521 -05
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
September 26, 05
20_.
Attest:
City Clerk
President of Common Council
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
September 27, 05
20 -- .
Approved and signed by me September 29 2005
City Clerk
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
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KathleenCekanski- Farrand,Council Attorney
Stephen' . Lue ce, ayor of South Bend