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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Betty Coffrin on |
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| the occasion of her retirement; and
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| WHEREAS, Betty J. Coffrin was born in Paris, Illinois; she |
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| graduated from Salida High School in Salida, Colorado in May |
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| 1967; she later attended Lake Land College in Mattoon, |
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| Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Coffrin worked in the Identification Division |
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| of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington, D.C. |
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| July-December 1967; she worked in the Washington office of |
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| Congressman W.L. Hungate of Missouri January 1968-January |
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| 1970; she served as Deputy County Clerk of Coles County in |
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| Charleston, Illinois October 1971-January 1985; she served as |
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| Chief Deputy County Clerk January 1985-December 1986; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Coffrin was elected County Clerk of Coles |
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| County in 1986 and took office in December of that year; she |
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| was re-elected in 1990, 1994, 1998, and 2002; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Coffrin has been a member of the Illinois |
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| Association of County Clerks and Recorders since 1986, serving |
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| since 1990 as Association Treasurer and a Member of the |
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| Executive and Legislative Committee; she was an appointed |
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| member of the State Board of Elections Advisory Committee |
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| 1996-1998 and was appointed to the State Mandates Review Board |
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| in 1997; she was named County Clerk of the Year by the Illinois |
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| Association of County Clerks and Recorders in 1999, 2001, and |
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| 2004; she was nominated for the Charleston Area Chamber of |
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| Commerce Outstanding Citizen of the Year Award for 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Coffrin has been a member of the Zone III |
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| County Clerks Association since 1986, serving as Association |