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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Terry Boers on the
4occasion of his retirement after 25 years of talking sports on
5weekday afternoons on 670 The Score in Chicago; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Terry Boers is the co-host of "The Boers and
7Bernstein Show" from 1 to 6 p.m. on weekday afternoons on The
8Score; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Terry Boers began his career as sports editor for
10the Sun Journal Newspapers in Lansing; from 1973 to 1978, he
11was assistant sports editor for Star Publications; he then
12worked as a copy editor for the Detroit Free Press from 1978 to
131980; he left Detroit in 1980 to join the Chicago Sun-Times
14sports staff, where he covered the Chicago Bulls from 1982 to
151985, and was a featured columnist from 1988 to 1990; he then
16covered a variety of sports until August of 1992 when he joined
17The Score; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Terry Boers has won several awards for outstanding
19journalistic coverage, including the Peter Lisagor Award,
20considered among Chicago print journalists as the local
21equivalent to the Pulitzer Prize; he has also won Associated
22Press awards for column and feature writing; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Terry Boers is a Northern Illinois University
2alum; he and his wife have four sons; therefore, be it
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
5congratulate Terry Boers on his retirement after 25 years of
6talking sports on weekday afternoons on 670 The Score, and we
7wish him the best in all his future endeavors; and be it
8further
 
9    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10presented to Terry Boers as an expression of our esteem and
11respect.