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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 Reverend David 
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Engbarth of Aurora for being selected as the 2008 Kane County 
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Citizen of the Year; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Reverend David Engbarth is the second recipient of 
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the Roscoe Ebey Citizen of the Year Award, which was named for 
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an 83-year-old World War II veteran who was murdered at his 
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home in May of 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Reverend David Engbarth has had a long history of 
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service in the Aurora religious community; he first served the 
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Aurora community in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when he 
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served at Holy Angels Catholic Church on Aurora's west side; 
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finding a calling in 1981, he asked to be relocated to a 
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Hispanic-based parish; in 1993, he relocated to the St. 
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Nicholas Catholic Church; he currently serves as pastor of Our 
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Lady of Good Counsel Church; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Reverend David Engbarth and pastor Dan Haas, of 
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Aurora Community Church, co-founded the Prayer Coalition for 
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Reconciliation, a group that holds prayer vigils for victims of 
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violence in Aurora; he has also served as a volunteer chaplain 
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at the Kane County Jail, where he visited inmates about once a 
 


 






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month; and


 
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    WHEREAS, Reverend David Engbarth's serves as a model of 
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piety, compassion, and commitment for the people of the State 
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of Illinois; 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 Reverend David Engbarth for being selected as the 
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2008 Kane County Citizen of the Year and wish him continued 
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success and happiness in his future endeavors; 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 Reverend David Engbarth as a symbol of our esteem 
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and respect.