Full Text of SR0619 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of David P. "Dave" Benton of Champaign, who | 4 | | passed away on May 26, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dave Benton was born in Buffalo, New York on | 6 | | September 19, 1962 to Donald and Anna Ricci Benton; he was | 7 | | raised in Addison and received his bachelor's degree in | 8 | | broadcast news from Northern Illinois University; he married | 9 | | Teresa "Terri" Ware on April 26, 1986 in DeKalb; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Dave Benton worked in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Wausau, | 11 | | Wisconsin; and Minot, North Dakota; he joined WCIA3 in 2005; | 12 | | and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dave Benton was named "Most Beloved TV | 14 | | Personality" in 1999; he received a Midwest Broadcast | 15 | | Journalists Association (MBJA, formerly the NBNA) first-place | 16 | | documentary award in 2003 and a MBJA Eric Sevareid Award of | 17 | | Merit for general reporting; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Dave Benton anchored and produced the "Best Medium | 19 | | Market Public Affairs Program" according to the Illinois | 20 | | Broadcasters Association for his Crime Stoppers specials; he | 21 | | received the FBI Director's Community Leadership Award in 2011; |
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| 1 | | and | 2 | | WHEREAS, The Dave Benton Crime Fighter Award was | 3 | | established to recognize those who are making a difference in | 4 | | Champaign County; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dave Benton was preceded in death by his father, | 6 | | and his paternal and maternal grandparents; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Dave Benton is survived by his wife, Terri; his | 8 | | children, Lauren (Denise Macaluso) Benton and Matthew Benton; | 9 | | his 3 brothers, Mark (Bobbi) Benton, Brian (Karen) Benton, and | 10 | | Drew (Karen) Benton; his sister, Elizabeth (the late Gerald) | 11 | | Arizpe; his niece, Meagen Arizpe; and his nephew, Vincent | 12 | | Arizpe; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 | | David P. "Dave" Benton, and extend our sincere condolences to | 16 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 17 | | further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Dave Benton as an expression of our | 20 | | deepest sympathy.
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