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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate Judy Beck on her 32
4years of service to the Glenview Park District Board of
5Commissioners and on her retirement from the Board; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Currently she is the President of the Glenview
7Park District Board of Commissioners; she has been elected five
8times to the board; during her time of service park acreage
9went from 465 to 735 acres, six new facilities were opened,
10three new parks were opened, the pools were renovated, and the
11struggling Glenview Farmer's market became a viable and vital
12enterprise; and
 
13    WHEREAS, She became involved in Glenview when she moved
14there in 1973 and her sons were attending the local public
15schools; she was a former science teacher, she was a Charter
16Member of the Grove Heritage Association, and she helped to
17develop the curriculum that thousands of District 34 children
18and others have enjoyed as part of the Grove experience for
19more than two decades, learning about local history, native
20cultures, and the outdoors; she was a featured speaker at the
21most recent annual District 34 Parents as Partners seminar; and
 
22    WHEREAS, She became an active and valuable member of the

 

 

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1Glenview League of Women Voters in 1973, and has served in
2numerous local and State leadership positions; she has recently
3been working on a committee charged with writing guidance from
4the Glenview League to the U.S. League of Women Voters for an
5upcoming national convention; and
 
6    WHEREAS, She has worked in the U.S. Environmental
7Protection Agency's Chicago office for the last 25 years, where
8she is the Lake Michigan Manager and entrusted with protecting
9one of the most precious natural resources in our nation; and
 
10    WHEREAS, She has served on the Glenview Village Natural
11Resource Commission since its inception; she was also appointed
12by Glenview Village President Kerry Cummings to be a citizen
13representative on the Storm Water Task Force, which met
14intensively and made important recommendations for managing
15water and reducing flooding throughout Glenview; therefore, be
16it
 
17    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
18NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
19we congratulate Judy Beck on her retirement from the Glenview
20Park District Board and thank her for her many years of service
21to the community; and be it further
 
22    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

 

 

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1presented to Judy Beck as a symbol of our respect and esteem.