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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 Audria |
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| Thomas-Huntington on the occasion of her 80th birthday on |
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| September 15, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Audria Thomas-Huntington attended Pipe Shop |
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| Elementary School and Dumbar Elementary School in Bessemer, |
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| Alabama; she graduated from Arthur Harold Parker Vocational |
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| High School in Birmingham, Alabama; she then earned her |
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| bachelor's degree in vocational home economics from Alabama A&M |
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| University and her master's degree from Northern Illinois |
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| University; and
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| WHEREAS, Audria Thomas-Huntington had a long and |
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| distinguished career in education; during her 44 years of |
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| dedicated service, she taught in grades 2 through college level |
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| in such places as Dixons Mills, Alabama, the Phyllis Wheatley |
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| YWCA in Atlanta, Georgia, and various Chicago Public Schools; |
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| she also taught at the Office of Equal Education Opportunity, |
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| the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center School, the Cook |
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| County Jail, the Illinois Training Schools for Girls in Geneva, |
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| and the First Cataract School in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Audria Thomas-Huntington has received numerous |
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| awards and certificates from many civic and educational |
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| organizations, including the American Correctional |
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| Association, the College Park Maryland Illinois Branch, the |
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| Governor of Alabama, the Chicago Department of Aging, Girls and |
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| Boys Town, the National Silver Haired Congress, the World's |
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| Who's Who of Women, the International Who's Who of |
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| Intellectuals, and the International Register Profile; and
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| WHEREAS, Audria Thomas-Huntington has served as |
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| Chairperson for the CDOA Senior Citizen's Advisory Council; she |
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| was the chair of the 34th Legislative District's Senior |
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| Advisory Council and the vice-president of the National Silver |
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| Haired Congress; she is also a member of the Old St. Patrick |
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| Roman Catholic Church and a life member of the Alabama A&M |
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| University Alumni Association; and
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| WHEREAS, Audria Thomas-Huntington is the loving mother of |
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| Shirley Thomas, the grandmother of Angela Thomas, and the |
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| great-grandmother of Royal Charles, Victoria Charles, Joel |
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| Charles, and Sarai Charles; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| congratulate Audria Thomas-Huntington on the occasion of her |
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| 80th birthday and wish her many more happy and healthy years to |
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| come; and be it further
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