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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of
3 the State of Illinois are pleased to recognize outstanding
4 citizens of the State; and
5 WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that twelve senior
6 citizens dedicated to their community, country, and families,
7 have been selected as this year's Jefferson County Senior
8 Saints and will be honored at a banquet on June 12, 2003 in
9 their honor at the Mount Vernon Holiday Inn; and
10 WHEREAS, The recipients have exhibited benevolence,
11 community service, compassion and commitment to their
12 families, churches, country, and community throughout their
13 lives and have been examples to all who know them; and
14 WHEREAS, The Senior Saints program started seven years
15 ago when local philanthropist Carl Lincoln Schweinfurth was
16 honored; since the program's inception, 84 Jefferson County
17 residents have been inducted into the Senior Saints Hall of
18 Fame; photos of the winners are added to the Senior Saints
19 Hall of Fame Wall; and
20 WHEREAS, This year's Senior Saints are Don Baker, Dottie
21 Baker, Alfred Bean, Chester Connaway, John Nelson Cowen,
22 Reverend Leroy Dude, Clifford Fields, Nancy Germann, Jack
23 Goldman, Ardell Kimmel, Wilma Kimmel, and Clara Sonsini; many
24 of the honorees are veterans of the United States military
25 and the number of volunteer hours each recipient can claim
26 are countless; therefore, be it
27 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
28 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
29 we congratulate the recipients of the Jefferson County Senior
30 Saints Award for 2003 and thank them for their humble service
31 to the citizens of the State of Illinois; and be it further
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1 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2 presented to each recipient of the Senior Saint Award for
3 2003.