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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, Chicago-born Frank Avila met Peoria-born Sherry
3Hooste at Esther Hall, a Methodist girls club, in Chicago in
41961; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Frank Avila received his Bachelor's Degree in
6Civil Engineering in January of 1961; Sherry Avila received her
7Bachelor's Degree in Education in January of 1966 from the
8University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Frank and Sherry Avila were married on November
1027, 1965 at the Broadway United Methodist Church in Chicago;
11and
 
12    WHEREAS, From 1966 to 1968, Frank and Sherry Avila lived in
13Tucson, Arizona, where Frank completed his Master's Degree in
14Finance at the University of Arizona in 1968; for 48 of the 50
15years of their marriage, Frank and Sherry have lived in
16Chicago; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Frank and Sherry Avila have been very blessed with
183 wonderful children, Frank (Rachel), Quinn (Jackie), and
19Audrey, and 2 wonderful grandchildren, Clarence and Thalia; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Frank Avila was the owner and operator of Avila &

 

 

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1Associates, Inc., a consulting engineering company, for about
227 years; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Together, Frank and Sherry Avila collected 17,000
4signatures to get Frank on the ballot as Commissioner of the
5Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for
6the third time; he finally won the third election in 2002,
7followed by victories in his fourth election in 2008 and his
8fifth election in 2014; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Frank Avila serves as Chairman of Finance on the
10Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
11District of Greater Chicago, and he has received numerous
12awards for his work; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Frank and Sherry Avila produced numerous CAN-TV
14shows, including "Commissioner Frank Avila Speaks...", many TV
15shows about the environment, and Sherry's "Avila Fine Arts" and
16"Avila Making A Difference"; many of these shows are featured
17on YouTube and other websites; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Frank and Sherry Avila have travelled together to
19many places all over the world, including China, Russia,
20Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain, Gibraltar, Costa Rica, Turkey,
21the Canary Islands, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, the Dominican
22Republic, Puerto Rico, and about 35 of the 50 U.S. states,

 

 

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1including Hawaii and Alaska; and
 
2    WHEREAS, Frank and Sherry Avila celebrated their 50th
3wedding anniversary with a trip to Belgium and the Netherlands;
4and
 
5    WHEREAS, Frank and Sherry Avila shared the trials and
6triumphs of five decades together with commitment,
7perseverance, and unyielding strength; they attribute the
8success of their marriage to sharing an intense love of family,
9religion, laughter, education, health, the world, travel, and
10the fine arts; therefore, be it
 
11    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
12NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
13congratulate Frank and Sherry Avila on the occasion of their
1450th anniversary on November 27, 2015 and wish them great
15health and happiness in the future; and be it further
 
16    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
17presented to Frank and Sherry Avila as a symbol of our esteem
18and respect.