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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Dave Shaul of Champaign at the age of 75; 
4and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Dave Shaul attended Champaign public schools and 
6was a winner of Illinois State High School Association speech 
7competitions; he graduated from the University of Illinois in 
81963; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Dave Shaul worked for 37 years as a television 
10newsman at WCIA in Champaign, beginning in 1962; he was 
11instrumental in WCIA opening bureaus in Springfield and 
12Decatur; he began, and ended, his career with WDWS in 
13Champaign; he oversaw the transition from film to videotape to 
14live and satellite feeds; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Dave Shaul did play-by-play for Illinois 
16basketball games; he promoted the Tom Jones Challenger League, 
17sponsored by the Champaign-Urbana Kiwanis Club, and announced 
18many of the games at AMBUCS Park in northeast Urbana; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, Dave Shaul was honored with the Associated Press 
20Mark Twain Lifetime Achievement Award; he was inducted into the 
21Eastern Illinois University Hall of Fame and designated a 
 
 
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1lifetime member of the Illinois News Broadcasters Association; 
2therefore, be it
  
 
  
3    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL 
4ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
5Dave Shaul, and extend our sincere condolences to his family, 
6friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
  
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
8presented to  the family of  Dave Shaul as an expression of our 
9deepest sympathy.