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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, Karen Fox has been chosen as the 2005 Altrusa 
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International Club of Elgin's Woman of the Year; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The club's 56th annual celebration and Woman of 
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the Year program will be held on May 19, 2005, at Villa Olivia 
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in Bartlett; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The award is given annually to a community woman 
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who is not a member of Altrusa but who exemplifies the Altrusa 
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keys of Amity, Loyalty, Talent, Reciprocity, Unity, Service, 
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and Achievement; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In her professional and volunteer community 
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service and leadership with School District U-46, Community 
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Crisis Center, Elgin Sesquicentennial Commission, Y.W.C.A., 
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McKinley School, and many other organizations, Karen Fox has 
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truly exemplified the Altrusa keys; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Since September 2004, Ms. Fox has served as 
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Special Projects Assistant to the Superintendent of School 
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District U-46; from July 1, 1995 to September 2004, she served 
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as Coordinator for Grants and School-Business Partnerships; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, She graduated from Saybrook-Arrowsmith High 
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School in 1968 and received a bachelor of science degree in 
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education from Illinois State University in 1972 and a master 
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of arts degree in literature from Northeastern Illinois 
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University in 1978; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She has served as a fundraiser for a variety of 
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community groups and has been a volunteer with numerous 
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organizations, committees, and commissions over the years,  
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such as the United Way, Elgin Area Historical Society, 
 


 






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Y.W.C.A., Community Crisis Center, Elgin Chamber of Commerce, 
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Elgin's All-America City Committee, the City of Elgin 150th 
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Commemoration Commission, and the Fiesta Salsa Committee; she 
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is also an author of three adult education publications; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She received the Illinois State University 
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College of Education's Outstanding Service Award in 2004, the 
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Club Guadalapano's Les Lemke Community Service Award in April 
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2000, and the Outstanding Young Woman of Elgin award in 1989 
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from the Elgin Junior Woman's Club; 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 Karen Fox for being chosen as the 2005 Altrusa 
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International Club of Elgin's Woman of the Year and commend her 
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for her many years of exemplary community service; and be it 
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further

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