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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | ||||||
| 3 | State of Illinois wish to congratulate Patricia Tichnor on the | ||||||
| 4 | occasion of her retirement in December of 2008 from a career | ||||||
| 5 | with Cuba Township and the State of Illinois; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Pat has had the fortitude to work with | ||||||
| 7 | Representative Mark Beaubien for over 15 years, first at Cuba | ||||||
| 8 | Township and, since 1996, as a legislative aide in the Wauconda | ||||||
| 9 | District Office; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Pat has served constituents in the 52nd District, | ||||||
| 11 | and often outside of the 52nd District, with distinction, | ||||||
| 12 | compassion, skill, and patience for the past twelve years; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Pat has also served faithfully as a precinct | ||||||
| 14 | committeeperson for Cuba Township and has attended, in that | ||||||
| 15 | capacity and as a legislative aide, hundreds of political and | ||||||
| 16 | district functions, having volunteered the hours to do so, and | ||||||
| 17 | is held in high regard by all who have come to know her; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Pat has survived computer and phone updates, | ||||||
| 19 | unpaid State bills, and cut-offs of newspaper and other | ||||||
| 20 | services because the State has not paid its bills; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Pat has written countless letters, made hundreds | ||||||
| 2 | of phone calls, and listened for multiple hours to constituents | ||||||
| 3 | who are concerned over a multitude of issues crucial to them, | ||||||
| 4 | and has served as a liaison to many district social service | ||||||
| 5 | agencies, municipalities, and townships; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Pat has had a wonderful working relationship with | ||||||
| 7 | Kay Peet, legislative aide for Representative Beaubien in | ||||||
| 8 | Springfield; and | ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, Pat will be missed by Kay and the other | ||||||
| 10 | legislative aides with whom she has worked for so many years; | ||||||
| 11 | and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Pat will now have time to spend with Harry, her | ||||||
| 13 | husband of almost forty-five years; her children, Linda | ||||||
| 14 | Bartolucci and her husband, Bruce, Laura Barnes and her | ||||||
| 15 | husband, Jim, and Melissa Tichnor; her grandchildren, Taryn and | ||||||
| 16 | Jay Bartolucci and Jake and Haley Barnes; and with her | ||||||
| 17 | countless friends and neighbors; and | ||||||
| 18 | WHEREAS, In spite of her retirement, Pat has agreed to | ||||||
| 19 | continue to participate in the events and activities of the | ||||||
| 20 | 52nd District; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Everyone in the 52nd District will undoubtedly | ||||||
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| 1 | hold her to that promise; and | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, Pat Tichnor has had a long and distinguished | ||||||
| 3 | career in public service from 1989 to her retirement in | ||||||
| 4 | December of 2008; therefore, be it
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| 5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 6 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 7 | congratulate Patricia Tichnor on her retirement and thank her | ||||||
| 8 | for her many years of service to the citizens of Illinois; and | ||||||
| 9 | be it further
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| 10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 11 | presented to Patricia Tichnor as an expression of our esteem.
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