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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to recognize Illinois State
4Representative Dave Winters for his 18 years of service and
5hard work on behalf of the people of the State of Illinois; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Representative Winters was first elected to the
7Illinois General Assembly in November 1994 to serve the people
8of the 69th District; after the 2001 remap of the State,
9Representative Winters was asked by the people of the new 68th
10District to represent them in the Illinois General Assembly;
11and
 
12    WHEREAS, Representative Winters has had a long and
13distinguished career in public service, serving his local
14community for 6 years on the Winnebago County Board as chairman
15of the Winnebago County Board Economic Development and Planning
16Committee, Forest Preserve Executive Committee, and Solid
17Waste and Recycling Committee, and as Shirland Township Clerk;
18and
 
19    WHEREAS, Representative Winters proudly served as a member
20of numerous organizations, including the Winnebago County Farm
21Bureau, Rockford and Winnebago County Planning Commission,
22League of Women Voters Solid Waste Task Force, Natural Land

 

 

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1Institute Sinnissippi Open Space Committee, and the
2Sinnissippi Audubon Society; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Representative Winters is especially proud of his
4work in the Illinois House of Representatives as a long-time
5member of the Public Utilities, Telecommunications,
6Environment and Energy, and Environmental Health Committees,
7always striving to create sustainable, renewable, business
8friendly energy sources for Illinois families; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Representative Winters will be remembered for his
10outstanding record of support of the Illinois business
11community through his efforts to create a balanced budget,
12future fiscal stability, and a pro-growth business climate
13throughout the State; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Representative Winters was happy to host numerous
15members of the Illinois House of Representatives at his
16restored prairie for an annual pheasant hunt; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Representative Winters is proud of his
18establishment of a new House institution, the Century Club,
19having done research to establish which Representatives had
20earned the honor of listing on the trophy, which he purchased
21after having earned that ignominious honor himself; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Representative Winters graduated from Hononegah
2High School in 1970; he earned a bachelor of arts with high
3honors in European history from Dartmouth College in 1974; he
4subsequently earned a masters of science in agricultural
5economics from the University of Illinois in 1976; he farmed
6grain, vegetables, beef cattle, and prairie grass seeds until
7his retirement in 2012; therefore, be it
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
9NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
10we congratulate our friend and colleague, Representative Dave
11Winters, on his retirement from the Illinois of House of
12Representatives and wish him the best in his future endeavors;
13and be it further
 
14    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
15presented to State Representative Dave Winters as a symbol of
16our respect and esteem.