Full Text of HR0095 95th General Assembly
HR0095 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, On February 19, 2007, WILL-TV, the PBS affiliate | 3 |
| in Champaign, will broadcast "10 Sisters: A True Story"; and
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| WHEREAS, 10 Sisters is the true story of the 10 daughters | 5 |
| of Glen and Ruth Waggoner; after financial troubles and | 6 |
| disagreements led their parents to the Coles County Courthouse, | 7 |
| the sisters found themselves separated by the State; and
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| WHEREAS, The girls ended up in orphanages, in foster homes, | 9 |
| or with relatives, and they were forced to break with their | 10 |
| familiar surroundings; and
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| WHEREAS, In the past 65 years the sisters have reunited and | 12 |
| worked to regain their once close-knit lives; and
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| WHEREAS, The book "10 Sisters: A True Story" has one | 14 |
| chapter each for the sisters, each telling her own story of the | 15 |
| past and what has happened in the days and years since being | 16 |
| pulled apart; and
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| WHEREAS, The 10 sisters are Virginia Rackley, Deloris Hart | 18 |
| (deceased), Rhita Brniak, Mary Margaret Hickmott (deceased), | 19 |
| Irma Allen, Roberta Ariel, Phyllis Ferguson (deceased), Vera | 20 |
| Barber, Audrey Alford, and Doris Wenzel; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 |
| thank WILL-TV for bringing this tragic story to life and wish | 4 |
| the sisters nothing but the best as they continue to restore | 5 |
| their family ties; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to producer Tim Hartin, producer/writer Alison Davis | 8 |
| Wood and the staff of WILL-TV, to Virginia Rackley, Rhita | 9 |
| Brniak, Irma Allen, Roberta Ariel, Vera Barber, Audrey Alford, | 10 |
| Doris Wenzel, and to the families of Deloris Hart, Mary | 11 |
| Margaret Hickmott, and Phyllis Ferguson.
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