Full Text of HR0747 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish thank Richard L. Barnett on his lifetime | 4 | | of service to his community; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Richard Barnett was born in Chicago on March 27, | 6 | | 1931; he married Grace in 1950 and they settled in North | 7 | | Lawndale, where they raised 3 children, Jarmel, Annitria, and | 8 | | Jeneria; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Richard Barnett worked at the United States Post | 10 | | Office for 34 years, retiring in July of 1986; he taught at the | 11 | | Marcy Center for 2 years and at Blessed Sacrament Elementary | 12 | | School for 3 years; he was the Midwest District Roundtable | 13 | | Chairman for 2 years, taught political education classes for | 14 | | Operation Breadbasket/PUSH from 1969 to 1972, and was a member | 15 | | of the Penn Elementary Local School Council from 1989 to 2000; | 16 | | he taught urban politics for the Associated College of the | 17 | | Midwest for 4 years; he was a 25-year member of the Independent | 18 | | Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization and a | 19 | | 30-year member of the Citizen Information Service-League of | 20 | | Women Voters; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Richard Barnett worked with numerous politicians, | 22 | | including judges, aldermen, congressmen, state senators, state |
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| 1 | | representatives, and mayors, including Chicago Mayor Harold | 2 | | Washington; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Richard Barnett founded the Jaguars Little League | 4 | | baseball team in 1958, managing it to 1974; he was an assistant | 5 | | coach for the Marlin Little League baseball team in Franklin | 6 | | Park for 4 years; he was an assistant Boy Scout Master for 3 | 7 | | years; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Since 1996, Richard Barnett has served as | 9 | | Executive Board Member of the Windy City Youth Football League; | 10 | | known as the Dolphins, the league consists of approximately 250 | 11 | | boys and 50 cheerleaders in elementary school ages 5 to 14; | 12 | | therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 | | thank Richard L. Barnett on his lifetime of service to his | 16 | | community and wish him many more successful years; and be it | 17 | | further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to Richard Barnett as an expression of our esteem and | 20 | | respect.
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