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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Ivadale Foster has been involved in public service |
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| for more than four decades; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born Ivadale Marie Foulks in Sidney in |
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| 1922; her father was a farmer; they moved to Danville at age 5, |
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| and were one of the only African-American families on their |
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| street; and
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| WHEREAS, During the 1960s, she worked with the mayor |
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| through neighborhood block clubs to help bring about |
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| improvements in her Danville neighborhood; in 1980, she ran for |
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| and won a seat on the Vermilion County Board to focus on more |
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| human problems; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Foster will observe 25 years on the Vermilion |
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| County Board this year; she has served as a member of the |
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| health and education committee since she first joined the |
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| board, and has been chairman for the past 14 years; during that |
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| time, she has seen the establishment of county programs that |
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| provide supplemental nutrition to women and children and |
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| programs that tackle teen pregnancy and school dropouts; and
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| WHEREAS, She is also proud to see the Vermilion County |
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| Health Department and Vermilion County Department of Animal |
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| Regulations moved into larger, renovated headquarters; and
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| WHEREAS, Outside the board, Ms. Foster enjoys playing the |
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| piano; she's been a church pianist for 71 years, playing 45 |
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| years with Union Missionary Baptist Church before recently |
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| returning to Allen Chapel AME Church; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we congratulate Ivadale Foster on four decades of community |