Full Text of HR0967 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate State Representative | 4 | | Lindsay A. Parkhurst on her distinguished service to the 79th | 5 | | District and the people of Illinois; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Representative Parkhurst was born on January 14, | 7 | | 1963 to parents, Donald and Betty Parkhurst, and her parents | 8 | | instilled the values of community volunteering, philanthropy, | 9 | | and promoting community growth; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Representative Parkhurst met her husband, Marc | 11 | | Magiera, in Kankakee, where they still reside and have raised | 12 | | their daughter, Lucy; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Representative Parkhurst attended the University | 14 | | of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she received a Bachelor | 15 | | of Arts in Honors English; she earned her Juris Doctorate at | 16 | | the Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of | 17 | | Technology and earned a Master of Law from the DePaul | 18 | | University College of Law; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Representative Parkhurst was admitted to the | 20 | | Illinois Bar in 1989, the United States District Court, | 21 | | Northern District of Illinois in 1989, and the United States |
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| 1 | | District Court, Central District of Illinois in 2002; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, For 27 years, Representative Parkhurst practiced | 3 | | law as both a civil and criminal defense attorney with | 4 | | experience in litigation and trial practice, having opened her | 5 | | own general practice law office in Kankakee in 2000, as well as | 6 | | serving as a Kankakee County Assistant Public Defender for | 7 | | juvenile and abuse and neglect cases from 2005 to 2014; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Representative Parkhurst was elected to the | 9 | | Illinois House of Representatives in 2016 and sworn in on | 10 | | January 11, 2017; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Representative Parkhurst was awarded an Edgar | 12 | | Fellowship at the University of Illinois Institute of | 13 | | Government & Public Affairs in 2017; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, During her time in the legislature, | 15 | | Representative Parkhurst advanced key legislation on juvenile | 16 | | probation, Mason's Law to protect children, promoted job | 17 | | creation, promoted good government through closing conflict of | 18 | | interest loopholes and increasing government transparency, and | 19 | | addressed the substitute teacher shortage, as well as pursued | 20 | | policies to advance child support reforms, fight tax increases, | 21 | | and advance local revitalization efforts along the Kankakee | 22 | | River; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Representative Parkhurst has always maintained a | 2 | | steadfast commitment to volunteerism and community service, | 3 | | having served as president of the Kankakee Society of Women in | 4 | | Law, as Social Chair of the Kankakee County Bar Association, as | 5 | | Vice Chair of the Two Rivers Area Credit Union, as Board Member | 6 | | and grants committee member of the Community Foundation, and as | 7 | | Co-chair of the Prairie State Legal Services Fundraising | 8 | | Committee in Kankakee, as well as volunteering her time at | 9 | | Aquinas Catholic Academy and Bishop McNamara Catholic High | 10 | | School and Kankakee Community College for its Lex Paralegal | 11 | | Society; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Although Representative Parkhurst is not | 13 | | returning to the General Assembly, she is continuing her public | 14 | | service as Circuit Judge with the 21st Judicial Circuit of | 15 | | Illinois; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 17 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 | | we thank the Honorable Lindsay A. Parkhurst for her service to | 19 | | the constituents of the 79th District and the State of Illinois | 20 | | and wish her well in her continued public service to the | 21 | | constituents of the 21st Judicial Circuit of Illinois; and be | 22 | | it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Representative Parkhurst as an expression of our | 3 | | esteem and respect for our colleague and friend.
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