HR1292 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Rollins Currie is retiring after more than 57 years at the Bloomington Country Club; and

WHEREAS, Rollins grew up in Centralia, and started working for the Bloomington Country Club on March 22, 1947; he worked his way up from dishwasher, to locker attendant, to head of the Grill Room, before being made Assistant Manager in January 1981; he has eight children, nine grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren; and

WHEREAS, He has worked hard through the years training the hundreds of employees who have come and gone; he tried to impress upon them the values of honesty, integrity, and good service at all times; he has done "about everything at the club", including waiting and bussing tables, shining shoes, and even keeping the books; one of the greatest rewards of his many years is the number of former employees who come back to see him; one of his greatest achievements is his success in adding more children's activities and parties at the club; and

WHEREAS, For 27 years, he walked to and from work, averaging 12 miles a day; typically, he would time his early morning walk to arrive at the club around 8 a.m.; he would work until 2 p.m., and walk back home; he would then return to the club at 5 p.m., and return home at 11 p.m. or midnight; people along his route knew him as "the man with the cigar"; his favorite times to walk would be in the misty rain or just at dark in the winter when it was just beginning to snow; and

WHEREAS, And now he is walking into retirement; his last day at the Bloomington County Club will be December 31, 2004; he will continue his practice of keeping his nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren by himself for four days every January, but he will miss the "kids" in his larger, extended family, which is now how he thinks of the members at Bloomington Country Club; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Rollins Currie on his many years of exemplary service with the Bloomington Country Club and we wish him all the best in his retirement; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Rollins Currie as an expression of our admiration and esteem.