Full Text of HR1577 94th General Assembly
HR1577 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives wish to congratulate Representative Terry | 4 |
| Parke of Schaumburg on his service to the people of his | 5 |
| legislative district; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Representative Parke has been a member of the | 7 |
| Illinois House since 1984 and has served this body with | 8 |
| distinction; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, Representative Parke's accomplishments are | 10 |
| numerous: he has been recognized as the Freshman Legislator of | 11 |
| the Year by the Illinois Hospital Association; he was twice | 12 |
| named Representative of the Year by the Illinois Health Care | 13 |
| Association; he was named Legislator of the Year from the | 14 |
| Illinois Nurses Association and Legislator of the Year from the | 15 |
| Illinois Association of Park Districts; he was the recipient of | 16 |
| the 2005 Presidential Award from the Children's Advocacy Center | 17 |
| of North and Northwest Cook County, the Golden Apple Award from | 18 |
| the Illinois Association of School Boards, and the Illinois | 19 |
| Manufactured Housing Association's Legislator of the Year | 20 |
| award; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, He has been the Co-Chairman of the Commission on | 22 |
| Government Forecasting and Accountability, the spokesperson | 23 |
| for the Insurance Committee, and a member of the committees on | 24 |
| Environment & Energy, Consumer Protection, Environmental | 25 |
| Health, Labor, and Telecommunications; and | 26 |
| WHEREAS, Prior to serving in the General Assembly, | 27 |
| Representative Parke's public service also included terms as a | 28 |
| Schaumburg Township School Trustee from 1979 to 1981 and a | 29 |
| Schaumburg Township Trustee from 1981 to 1984; he was a member | 30 |
| of the Republican National Convention, elected as an Illinois | 31 |
| Delegate in 1988 and 1996 and as an Illinois Alternate Delegate |
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| in 1992 and 2000; and | 2 |
| WHEREAS, He has been a long-standing member of the Hanover | 3 |
| Organization of Republicans and the Schaumburg Township | 4 |
| Alliance of Republicans, and has served as a Precinct Captain | 5 |
| for 25 years; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Representative Parke was born a politician, with | 7 |
| his first political speech given as a two-year-old to a | 8 |
| trainload of listeners, according to memories left from his | 9 |
| loving mother; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, He was a trusted Boy Scout and Eagle Scout; if | 11 |
| requested, he would indulge you with his many camping stories, | 12 |
| including winter camp-outs in tents in the snow; he was on the | 13 |
| high school wrestling team, but was quite a lightweight, | 14 |
| weighing in at 110 pounds; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, Representative Parke honorably served in the | 16 |
| United States Army for two years during the Vietnam War, | 17 |
| serving our country in Germany; while in Europe, he provided | 18 |
| leadership guidance as a Boy Scout leader for American boys | 19 |
| whose families were stationed in Europe; during his tour he was | 20 |
| a decorated "Soldier of the Month" and was recommended for | 21 |
| Officer's Training School; and | 22 |
| WHEREAS, Upon the completion of his overseas military duty | 23 |
| in 1968, Representative Parke returned to Southern Illinois | 24 |
| University to complete his degree in education; there he met | 25 |
| his wife, Joanne; therefore, be it | 26 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 27 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 28 |
| we wish Representative Parke all the best in his future | 29 |
| endeavors and congratulate him on a job well done in the | 30 |
| General Assembly; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to Representative Parke, his wife, Joanne, and their | 3 |
| two daughters, Kelli and Tiffany, as an expression of our | 4 |
| esteem and respect for our colleague and friend.
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