PRINTER'S NO. 2541
No. 423 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY PERRY, EACHUS, BAKER, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF,
BENNINGTON, BISHOP, BOBACK, BOYD, BRENNAN, BROOKS, BUXTON,
CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CARROLL, CAUSER, CIVERA, CLYMER,
COHEN, CONKLIN, COSTA, COX, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DALEY, DALLY,
DePASQUALE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, D. EVANS, J. EVANS,
EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, FREEMAN, GALLOWAY, GEIST, GEORGE,
GIBBONS, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRELL,
GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARPER, HELM, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HESS,
HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, HUTCHINSON, JAMES, JOSEPHS, KAUFFMAN,
M. KELLER, W. KELLER, KENNEY, KING, KORTZ, KOTIK, KULA,
MACKERETH, MAJOR, MANN, MANTZ, MARKOSEK, MARSHALL, MARSICO,
McGEEHAN, McILHATTAN, MELIO, MENSCH, METCALFE, MICOZZIE,
MILLARD, R. MILLER, MOUL, MOYER, MURT, MUSTIO, NAILOR,
D. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PAYNE, PETRI, PETRONE,
PHILLIPS, PICKETT, PYLE, RAMALEY, RAPP, RAYMOND, READSHAW,
REED, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROEBUCK, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO,
SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, SHAPIRO, SHIMKUS, SIPTROTH,
M. SMITH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STABACK, STEIL, STERN,
R. STEVENSON, SURRA, SWANGER, J. TAYLOR, R. TAYLOR, THOMAS,
TRUE, TURZAI, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WALKO, WATSON, J. WHITE,
WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD AND YUDICHAK, OCTOBER 2, 2007
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 2, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring the life and extending condolences for the supreme
2 sacrifice of Master Sergeant Scott R. Ball of Carlisle,
3 Pennsylvania, who was killed in the courageous service of our
4 country on August 27, 2007, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
5 WHEREAS, Master Sergeant Scott R. Ball was killed on August
6 27, 2007, while serving with the Pennsylvania Army National
7 Guard in Afghanistan; and
8 WHEREAS, Master Sgt. Ball was killed when the embedded
9 training team in which he served was ambushed while assisting
1 the Afghan National Army; and
2 WHEREAS, Master Sgt. Ball, was also a Pennsylvania State
3 Police trooper assigned to Troop H, Carlisle, became the second
4 active member of the Pennsylvania State Police killed in
5 military action since World War II; and
6 WHEREAS, Master Sgt. Ball enlisted in the Pennsylvania State
7 Police on September 7, 1999, and graduated from the Pennsylvania
8 State Police Academy as a member of the 106th Cadet Class on
9 March 25, 2000; and
10 WHEREAS, Master Sgt. Ball was assigned to the Patrol Unit at
11 Troop K, Philadelphia, following graduation and later served at
12 stations in Media, York and Chambersburg before joining the
13 Carlise Station on July 6, 2002; and
14 WHEREAS, Master Sgt. Ball was a member of the Pennsylvania
15 State Police Motorcycle Unit and served as a field training
16 officer mentoring new troopers; and
17 WHEREAS, Master Sgt. Ball was a former active-duty soldier
18 and enlisted in the Pennsylvania National Guard in 1992; and
19 WHEREAS, Master Sgt. Ball had been on military leave from the
20 Pennsylvania State Police since October 2006, and had been
21 deployed to Afghanistan in February 2007; and
22 WHEREAS, Master Sgt. Ball was a graduate of West Perry Senior
23 High School and received an associate's degree from Harrisburg
24 Area Community College; and
25 WHEREAS, Master Sgt. Ball is survived by his wife, Leslie R.
26 Ball, their children, Tyler, age 10, and Allie, age 6, and his
27 mother, Margaret Bertrand; therefore be it
28 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the life
29 and extend condolences for the supreme sacrifice of Master
30 Sergeant Scott R. Ball; and be it further
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1 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
2 the family of Master Sergeant Scott R. Ball.
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