Full Text of HR1150 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Ruth E. Faklis on the | 4 | | occasion of her retirement as Director of the Prairie Trails | 5 | | Public Library District on May 1, 2016, after 26 years of | 6 | | service; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Faklis earned her Bachelor of Arts in Social | 8 | | Sciences from St. Xavier College in Chicago in 1974 and her | 9 | | Master of Librarianship from Rosary College in River Forest in | 10 | | 1978; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Faklis began serving as Director of the | 12 | | Prairie Trails Public Library District in Burbank in 1990; as | 13 | | Director, she was instrumental in numerous construction | 14 | | projects, referendums, budgets, and management issues, as well | 15 | | as long-range planning, facility planning, the development and | 16 | | implementation of policies and procedures, grant writing, | 17 | | public relations, and staff development; she also worked with | 18 | | Trustees, State and city officials, professional | 19 | | organizations, the Burbank Chamber of Commerce, and the | 20 | | American Cancer Society Board in the course of her work; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Faklis is a member of many civic | 22 | | organizations, including the Illinois Library Association, |
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| 1 | | where she served as President from 1996 to 1997, the American | 2 | | Library Association, Reading Is Fundamental, the Illinois | 3 | | State Library Advisory Council, the American Cancer Society, | 4 | | the World Council of Hellenes Abroad, the United Hellenic | 5 | | American Congress - Chicago, the Hellenic Museum and Cultural | 6 | | Center, St. Spyridon Hellenic Orthodox Philoptochos, | 7 | | International Orthodox Christian Charities, and the Hellenic | 8 | | Foundation; she was also President-Elect of the LACON! | 9 | | Administrator's Section and an active member of the Suburban | 10 | | Library System Committees; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Prior to serving as Director of the Prairie Trails | 12 | | Public Library District, Ruth Faklis was employed at C. Berger & | 13 | | Company in Wheaton as a Special Librarian and Consultant; she | 14 | | also worked as a Media Specialist at Bremen Community High | 15 | | School District 228, Director of the Glen Ellyn Public Library, | 16 | | a consultant for the Suburban Library System in Burr Ridge, and | 17 | | a Teacher and Librarian at Oak Lawn-Hometown School District | 18 | | 123; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Faklis serves as a model of hard work, | 20 | | integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 21 | | Illinois; therefore, be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 23 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| 1 | | congratulate Ruth E. Faklis on the occasion of her retirement | 2 | | and wish her continued success and happiness in the future; and | 3 | | be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to Ruth Faklis as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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