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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 Laurie Stone on the 
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occasion of her retirement as President of the Schaumburg 
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Business Association (SBA) and thank her for her many years of 
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service to her community; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Laurie Stone was recruited from the Greater O'Hare 
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Association to the fledgling Schaumburg Business Association 
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during the dark days of September 2001; she has since helped 
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the SBA to new heights and popularity and resiliency, even 
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during the tough economic times experienced in the last decade; 
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and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, During her tenure at the SBA, Laurie Stone created 
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a variety of ways for businesses to network and form 
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connections; she also worked directly on improving the climate 
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for business by having the SBA lobby for better state finances; 
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and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Prior to her service with the Greater O'Hare 
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Association, Laurie Stone served as marketing director of the 
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Northwest Suburban Alliance for Commerce and Industry in 
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Schaumburg for 5 years; and
  
 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Laurie Stone worked for Alexian Brothers Medical 
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Systems from May 2003 to April 2004; she also chaired a 
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committee consisting of representatives of Alexian Brothers 
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Hospital and Northwest Community Hospital to create a clinic in 
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Mt. Prospect for the medically underserved; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Laurie Stone served as the executive director of 
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NIBPAC, a political action committee operated jointed by 12 
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chambers of commerce; she served on the Village of Schaumburg's 
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50th Anniversary Committee; she also represented Elk Grove 
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Village as a member of the Convention Center Authority and 
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served on the Elk Grove Village Industrial Park Revitalization 
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Committee; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Laurie Stone has served as a Trustee of the Harper 
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College Board since 2001; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Laurie Stone is the loving mother of 4 children 
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and the adoring grandmother of 8 grandchildren; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Laurie Stone was the writer and producer of "Sixty 
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Ideas in Sixty Minutes", a film shown to Chamber of Commerce 
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Membership Directors at their national convention; and
 
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    WHEREAS, The Schaumburg Business Association will honor 
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Laurie Stone and her many years of dedicated service with a 
 


 






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retirement party at the Chicago Marriott Schaumburg on May 26, 
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2010; 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 Laurie Stone on the occasion of her retirement, 
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thank her for her many years of service to her community, and 
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wish her many happy and healthy retirement years; 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 Laurie Stone as a symbol of our esteem and 
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respect.