Full Text of HR1264 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Ron
Benner on his 50 years | 4 | | of service at West Chicago Community High School; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ron Benner has been the West Chicago Community | 6 | | High School choir accompanist
for two decades; prior to | 7 | | becoming the accompanist, he worked at the school for 27 years | 8 | | as the school's choir director and then as a substitute | 9 | | teacher; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Ron Benner started his career in downstate | 11 | | Illinois, jumping from one building to
another over the course | 12 | | of six years, to teach band and choir at the grade school and | 13 | | high
school level; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, In 1966, Ron Benner came to West Chicago Community | 15 | | High School to provide
needed stability for the choirs, after | 16 | | the school had four separate choir directors in as
many years; | 17 | | and | 18 | | WHEREAS, For 27 years, Ron Benner has dedicated himself to | 19 | | the choir program, which became award-winning and | 20 | | well-respected; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Ron Benner also has lead the Madrigals, earning | 2 | | first-place prizes in the process; he directed five
musicals | 3 | | between 1977 and 1983, formed the school's first swing choir in | 4 | | 1974, and took his
students to sing with Ann Jillian at the | 5 | | Palmer House in Chicago; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Ron Benner retired from the school in 1993, but | 7 | | continued coming back as a
substitute teacher; he dedicated | 8 | | more time to his role as music director of the First
United | 9 | | Methodist Church in West Chicago, a position he has held since | 10 | | 1990; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, A few years after his retirement, he was asked to | 12 | | come back to the school's choir
department as an accompanist; a | 13 | | position he has held ever since; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Ron Benner will be recognized for his 50 years of | 15 | | service during the choir's final
concert of the school year on | 16 | | May 19, 2016 in the school's Weyrauch Auditorium; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Ron Benner has served as a mentor and a friend to | 18 | | the musicians and director of
West Chicago Community High | 19 | | School, both past and present; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| 1 | | congratulate Ron Benner on his 50 years of service at West
| 2 | | Chicago Community High School; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to Ron Benner as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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