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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are pleased to congratulate William Lane |
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| Harrison of Zion as he retires from Central Junior High School |
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| in Zion; and
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| WHEREAS, Lane Harrison's family has lived in Zion almost |
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| since it's founding in 1903; he is the son of William N. and |
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| Dorothy Harrison; and
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| WHEREAS, Lane Harrison began kindergarten at East |
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| Elementary in Zion (1954); he finished 6th grade
at East and |
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| then finished his elementary education completing the 8th grade |
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| at Central Junior High in 1964; he continued his education by |
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| attending Zion Benton Township High School, where he graduated |
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| in 1968 and earned musician of the year honors; and
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| WHEREAS, He attended Mount Senario College in Ladysmith, |
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| Wisconsin, where he was awarded a full music scholarship his |
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| Junior and Senior years, and graduated in 1972; his musical |
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| work has included vocal concerts including Sacred, Baroque, and |
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| Classical music; he began his teaching career in Tony, |
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| Wisconsin, in 1972 for the Tony Flambeau Schools; he was hired |
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| a year later by the Holcombe Public Schools where he had |
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| previously been a student teacher; and
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| WHEREAS, He returned home to Zion in 1976; he was hired by |
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| by Dr. Wesley Shepherd in 1980 as the District Band Director |
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| for the elementary schools; in 1986 he moved from Band to |
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| Computer Director for the District; he has taught for 33 1/2 |
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| years, 28 of which were at his Junior High School alma mater, |
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| Central Junior High, at Zion Elementary District 6; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1979 Lane Harrison was elected to the Zion |
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| Benton Township High School Board of Education and served on |
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| that board until his election to the Zion City Council in 1987; |
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| he served as Commissioner of Public Property and then as the |
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| Commissioner of Police and Fire until 1995; in 1995 he ran for |
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| the office of Mayor and was defeated; he ran again for the |
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| office of Mayor in 1999 and was elected with 70% of the vote; |
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| he was elected to a second term as Mayor in 2003, having the |
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| distinction of being the first Mayor of Zion to run unopposed; |
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| on April 17, 2007 he was elected to a third term as Mayor;
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| WHEREAS, Lane Harrison is married to Sheryl, originally |
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| from Gurnee, and together they have 5 children and 3 |
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| grandchildren; he is retiring from his teaching career to begin |
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| a new career as an outdoor sportsman; his love of hunting and |
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| fishing will keep him occupied until he begins his next career |
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| as the full-time Mayor of Zion in May of 2009; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| congratulate Lane Harrison and wish him all the best in his |
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| future endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to William Lane Harrison as a symbol of our respect.
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