Full Text of HR1172 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to commend and thank Dale and Rita | 4 | | Colee for their support of the Wounded Warrior Project; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The Wounded Warrior Project seeks to honor and | 6 | | empower wounded service members by offering unique, direct | 7 | | programs and services to meet the many needs of those service | 8 | | members that are injured in the course of their duties; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Dale and Rita Colee opened their pharmacy, "Dale's | 10 | | Southlake Pharmacy" in Decatur, in 2001; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Dale Colee and his daughter, Ericka, first heard | 12 | | of the Wounded Warrior Project at a convention they were | 13 | | attending in the summer of 2011; upon their return, they | 14 | | decided to become more involved in this cause; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Illinois State Representative Ron Stephens, an | 16 | | employee of the pharmacy, pledged to walk from Dale's Southlake | 17 | | Pharmacy to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Springfield to | 18 | | raise funds and awareness for the project; he also obtained | 19 | | pledges of $100 for every mile walked; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, On Memorial Day 2012, Representative Stephens |
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| 1 | | completed the 42-mile walk; together with Dale's Southlake | 2 | | Pharmacy, Illinois State Representative Jim Sacia, and | 3 | | Cardinal Distributers, over $13,000 was raised for the Wounded | 4 | | Warrior Project; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, A check will be presented to the Wounded Warrior | 6 | | Project on July 10, 2012, at the Decatur Club in Decatur; Cindy | 7 | | Jo Parsons, mother of Sergeant Shane Parsons, a wounded soldier | 8 | | and benefactor of the project, will also be in attendance; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dale and Rita Colee, as well as all who lend their | 10 | | support to the Wounded Warrior Project, serve as models of hard | 11 | | work, integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 12 | | Illinois; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 | | we commend and thank Dale and Rita Colee for their support of | 16 | | the Wounded Warrior Project and wish them continued success and | 17 | | happiness in the future; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to Dale and Rita Colee as a symbol of our esteem and | 20 | | respect.
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