Full Text of HR1141 94th General Assembly
HR1141 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Jim McDonald has announced his retirement after 25 | 3 |
| years as head football coach at Deer Creek-Mackinaw High School | 4 |
| in Mackinaw; Coach McDonald is also retiring from 32 years of | 5 |
| teaching at the end of the current school term; and
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| WHEREAS, Coach McDonald began his career at Deer | 7 |
| Creek-Mackinaw High School in 1974, after graduating from | 8 |
| Eureka College with a physical education degree; he was an | 9 |
| assistant football coach under Larry Young for five years | 10 |
| before becoming the head coach at the age of 27; and
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| WHEREAS, Coach McDonald's 25 year record was 178-84; his | 12 |
| tenure was highlighted by playoff appearances in 1985, 1987, | 13 |
| 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, | 14 |
| 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, The Chiefs were Midstate Conference champs in | 16 |
| 1985, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2004, and 2005; in 1987, | 17 |
| 1995, 2003, 2004, and 2005, the Chiefs were undefeated in the | 18 |
| regular season; they were Class 2A Runners-Up in 1987; and
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| WHEREAS, Coach McDonald was inducted into the Illinois High | 20 |
| School Association Football Coaches Hall of Fame in April of | 21 |
| 2004; he was also honored as the Peoria Football Coaches | 22 |
| Association Coach of the Year in
1987, 1992, and 2005; | 23 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 25 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 26 |
| we congratulate Jim McDonald on his retirement as head coach of | 27 |
| the Deer Creek-Mackinaw High School football team and on his | 28 |
| retirement as a teacher at the end of the current school term, | 29 |
| and we wish him continued success in his future endeavors; and | 30 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to Coach Jim McDonald as an expression of our esteem.
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