Full Text of HR1265 93rd General Assembly
HR1265 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, For John Whiteside, the job of newspaperman has | 3 |
| never been just a way to earn a living; it has been a way to | 4 |
| make a difference in his community, and he has done just that; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, John has been with The Herald News in Joliet since | 7 |
| he graduated from Northern Illinois University in 1971; he | 8 |
| joined the newspaper on July 5, 1971 as a beat reporter, city | 9 |
| editor, and editorial page editor; his first daily column | 10 |
| appeared on July 5, 1981; and
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| WHEREAS, He has used his column to publicize and inspire | 12 |
| several major projects in Will County, including the Law | 13 |
| Enforcement Memorial, the Taylor Pirc video camera project, and | 14 |
| the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery honor guard unit; in | 15 |
| November 2003, the cemetery honored John by creating a special | 16 |
| award named after him for its honor guard graduates; and
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| WHEREAS, He has received more than 150 reporting and | 18 |
| writing awards for his stories over the last 34 years; they | 19 |
| include awards for investigative reporting, spot news, | 20 |
| columns, and feature stories; he was the Suburban Press Club of | 21 |
| Chicago's Journalist of the Year in 1979, the NIU Illinois | 22 |
| Journalist of the Year in 1981, and was inducted into the | 23 |
| Joliet/Will County Project Pride Hall of Pride in 1996; in | 24 |
| November 2004, the Joliet Area Historical Museum kicked off a | 25 |
| campaign to name its War Heroes Gallery after John to honor the | 26 |
| many columns he has written about veterans; and
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| WHEREAS, John has always looked out for the little person, | 28 |
| the person without a voice - he has become their voice; he has | 29 |
| always gone beyond the call of duty for his family, his | 30 |
| newspaper, his community, and his friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 |
| honor John Whiteside, the Air Force veteran, the newspaper | 4 |
| veteran, and the devoted husband to his wife, Mary Jane, and | 5 |
| loving father to his daughter, Shelley; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to John Whiteside as an expression of our admiration | 8 |
| and esteem.
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