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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives congratulate Russ White of Wilmington on his
4 retirement as Wilmington school superintendent; and
5 WHEREAS, Mr. White is retiring on June 30, 2004 after 14
6 years with the district; he also served six years as
7 superintendent at Crescent City, and eight years as Cissna
8 Park principal; he began his career in education teaching
9 science at Atwood-Hammond school district outside Decatur;
10 and
11 WHEREAS, During his tenure, he has had some very
12 different ideas about how schools should and could be better
13 funded; in his capacity of being on the superintendent's
14 advisory board for the State Board of Education, he has been
15 an advocate for funding schools through State income taxes,
16 while reducing property taxes; and
17 WHEREAS, Mr. White plans to spend his last year busy; he
18 announced the district will be selling between 1 million and
19 1.5 million in working cash bonds to pay for the recent
20 life/safety work at the high school; the bonds will cover
21 work done to the high school's roof, along with other
22 projects; and
23 WHEREAS, Mr. White plans to stay in the area upon his
24 retirement; his wife, Cindy, works as a program assistant at
25 the United States Farm Service Agency in Bourbonnais; their
26 daughter, Amber is a teacher at Minooka and they have two
27 more children, Tamara, and son, Cory; they also have four
28 grandchildren; therefore, be it
29 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
30 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
31 we congratulate Russ White on his retirement after 14 years
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1 of dedicated service as school superintendent for the
2 Wilmington school district and wish him well in all of his
3 future endeavors; and be it further
4 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
5 presented to Russ White as an expression of our respect and
6 esteem.