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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 recognize an individual who, |
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| for 24 years, has placed himself in harms way for the safety |
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| and protection of the public; and
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| WHEREAS, Shelby County Sheriff Randall Sims was born in |
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| Pana on March 2, 1954, and attended school in Pana, graduating |
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| in 1972; he married Annette Beyers on September 6, 1975, at |
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| Oconee Sacred Heart Church; they became the parents of three |
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| sons, Brian Sims, Gary Sims (wife Gara), and Mark Sims (wife |
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| Dawn); they are the proud grandparents of Austin and Raegan; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Sheriff Sims began his law enforcement service to |
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| Shelby County as an Auxiliary Deputy Sheriff in 1982, making |
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| him one of six family members serving Central Illinois in law |
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| enforcement; he was appointed Deputy Sheriff of Shelby County |
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| in December of 1984 and elected Sheriff of Shelby County in |
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| 1990; he was re-elected in 1994, 1998, and 2002, making him the |
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| longest serving sheriff in the history of Shelby County; and
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| WHEREAS, In his role as sheriff, he initiated the D.A.R.E. |
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| program in schools across Shelby County, instituted the Shelby |
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| County TRIAD program and STARS Academy, and instituted the |
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| Shelby County Crimestoppers program; he has served as Director |
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| of the Illinois State Crimestoppers Board since 1995; he also |
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| served as Director of the East Central Illinois Drug Task Force |
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| from 1992 to 2005, Past President of the Oconee Lions Club, and |
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| Past Commander of the Roy Ireland Post 317 of the American |
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| Legion in Oconee; 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 Sheriff Randall Sims on the occasion of his |