Full Text of HR0453 94th General Assembly
HR0453 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Karen Fox has been chosen as the 2005 Altrusa | 3 |
| International Club of Elgin's Woman of the Year; and
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| WHEREAS, The club's 56th annual celebration and Woman of | 5 |
| the Year program will be held on May 19, 2005, at Villa Olivia | 6 |
| in Bartlett; and
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| WHEREAS, The award is given annually to a community woman | 8 |
| who is not a member of Altrusa but who exemplifies the Altrusa | 9 |
| keys of Amity, Loyalty, Talent, Reciprocity, Unity, Service, | 10 |
| and Achievement; and
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| WHEREAS, In her professional and volunteer community | 12 |
| service and leadership with School District U-46, Community | 13 |
| Crisis Center, Elgin Sesquicentennial Commission, Y.W.C.A., | 14 |
| McKinley School, and many other organizations, Karen Fox has | 15 |
| truly exemplified the Altrusa keys; and
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| WHEREAS, Since September 2004, Ms. Fox has served as | 17 |
| Special Projects Assistant to the Superintendent of School | 18 |
| District U-46; from July 1, 1995 to September 2004, she served | 19 |
| as Coordinator for Grants and School-Business Partnerships; | 20 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, She graduated from Saybrook-Arrowsmith High | 22 |
| School in 1968 and received a bachelor of science degree in | 23 |
| education from Illinois State University in 1972 and a master | 24 |
| of arts degree in literature from Northeastern Illinois | 25 |
| University in 1978; and
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| WHEREAS, She has served as a fundraiser for a variety of | 27 |
| community groups and has been a volunteer with numerous | 28 |
| organizations, committees, and commissions over the years, | 29 |
| such as the United Way, Elgin Area Historical Society, |
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| Y.W.C.A., Community Crisis Center, Elgin Chamber of Commerce, | 2 |
| Elgin's All-America City Committee, the City of Elgin 150th | 3 |
| Commemoration Commission, and the Fiesta Salsa Committee; she | 4 |
| is also an author of three adult education publications; and
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| WHEREAS, She received the Illinois State University | 6 |
| College of Education's Outstanding Service Award in 2004, the | 7 |
| Club Guadalapano's Les Lemke Community Service Award in April | 8 |
| 2000, and the Outstanding Young Woman of Elgin award in 1989 | 9 |
| from the Elgin Junior Woman's Club; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 |
| we congratulate Karen Fox for being chosen as the 2005 Altrusa | 13 |
| International Club of Elgin's Woman of the Year and commend her | 14 |
| for her many years of exemplary community service; and be it | 15 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to Karen Fox as an expression of our admiration and | 18 |
| esteem.
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