Full Text of HR1157 95th General Assembly
HR1157 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Roger Matile on the | 4 |
| occasion of his retirement as editor of the Ledger-Sentinel in | 5 |
| Oswego; and
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| WHEREAS, Roger Matile is a native of Wheatland Township in | 7 |
| northwest Will County; he moved with his family to Oswego in | 8 |
| 1954; he graduated from Oswego High School in 1964 and attended | 9 |
| Northern Illinois University; and
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| WHEREAS, Roger Matile's love for writing began in 1976, | 11 |
| when he and his wife, Sue, were members of the Kendall County | 12 |
| Bicentennial Commission; together, they helped produce "A | 13 |
| Bicentennial History of Kendall County, Illinois", as well as | 14 |
| monographs including "Indians of Kendall County" and "A | 15 |
| Students' History of Kendall County"; and
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| WHEREAS, Roger Matile began his journalism career as a | 17 |
| local history columnist for the Fox Valley Sentinel in 1977; | 18 |
| soon after he began working, he accepted additional work as a | 19 |
| reporter for the Sentinel, covering several local governmental | 20 |
| agencies, including the Montgomery Village Board, the West | 21 |
| Aurora School Board, the Oswego School Board, and the Kane | 22 |
| County Board; and
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| WHEREAS, Roger Matile served as editor of the | 2 |
| Ledger-Sentinel since 1980, when the competing Oswego Ledger | 3 |
| and Fox Valley Sentinel newspapers were merged into a single | 4 |
| entity by the owner, the Kendall County Record Newspapers; and
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| WHEREAS, Roger Matile was a driving force in the growth of | 6 |
| the Ledger-Sentinel from a 2,000 circulation, 20-page | 7 |
| newspaper in 1980 to its current circulation of more than 8,300 | 8 |
| with an average of more than 80 pages each week; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, During Roger Matile's 28 years as editor, the | 10 |
| Ledger-Sentinel was the recipient of more than 300 awards in | 11 |
| annual newspaper contests sponsored by the Illinois Press | 12 |
| Association and the Northern Illinois Newspaper Association; | 13 |
| he won many of those awards himself for news articles, | 14 |
| editorials, columns, photography, and graphics, including | 15 |
| multiple IPA awards for Best Coverage of Taxation Issues and | 16 |
| Best School Board Coverage in Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Despite retiring from the Ledger-Sentinel, Roger | 18 |
| Matile will continue writing his weekly 'Reflections' column on | 19 |
| local history for the Ledger-Sentinel's Opinion page; | 20 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 2 |
| congratulate Roger Matile on the occasion of his retirement and | 3 |
| wish him many happy and healthy retirement years; and be it | 4 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to Roger Matile as a symbol of our esteem and | 7 |
| respect.
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