LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION congratulating Sydney Terpening upon the occasion
of capturing six speed skating medals at the 2012 Empire State Winter
Games in Lake Placid, New York

WHEREAS, Sydney Terpening, through her diligence and rigorous efforts,
has achieved the prestigious honor of winning six speed skating medals
at the Empire State Winter Games held in Lake Placid, New York in Febru-
ary 2012; and
WHEREAS, Sydney Terpening is the daughter of Traci and Ellery Terpen-
ing, and a fifth grade student at Kingsford Park Elementary School in
Oswego, New York; and
WHEREAS, Sydney Terpening, a member of the Syracuse Speed Skating
Club, won two gold medals, three silver medals, and a bronze medal in
long track speed skating on the Olympic Oval in Lake Placid, New York,
during the Empire State 2012 Winter Games; and
WHEREAS, Sydney Terpening has attained her speed skating achievements
through perseverance, hard work and hours of dedication, and her accom-
plishments at the 2012 Empire State Winter Games are a strong indication
of her ability to master difficult tasks; and
WHEREAS, Her accomplishments will enable her to emerge as a leader,
fully equipped to meet the challenges of today's complex society; and
WHEREAS, Sydney Terpening is a credit to her family, her school, her
community, her State and her Nation, and no doubt her future will be
filled with accomplishments of equal importance; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations, in
recognition of the significance of this meritorious achievement, to
congratulate and honor Sydney Terpening on capturing six speed skating
medals at the 2012 Empire State Winter Games in Lake Placid, New York;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Sydney Terpening.