Full Text of HR1202 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Larry W. Mizell on the | 4 | | occasion of his retirement as Executive Director of Family | 5 | | Counseling Center, Inc.; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Larry Mizell was born in Pope County; as a young | 7 | | child, he moved to Johnson County, where he has remained as a | 8 | | lifelong resident; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Larry Mizell graduated from Simpson Grade School | 10 | | and Vienna High School; he subsequently received his Bachelor | 11 | | and Master of Science degrees from Murray State University; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, In 1971, Larry Mizell began his first career with | 13 | | the Illinois Department of Corrections as a Personnel Officer | 14 | | at the Vienna Correctional Center; throughout his 29 year | 15 | | career, he served as Administrative Assistant, Warden of the | 16 | | Vienna and Shawnee Correctional Centers, Assistant Deputy | 17 | | Director of the Adult Division, and Chief Deputy Director of | 18 | | the Department; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, In June of 2000, Larry Mizell was selected to | 20 | | serve as the Executive Director of Family Counseling Center, | 21 | | Inc., a non-profit agency which serves adults in Pope, Hardin, |
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| 1 | | and Johnson counties and youth in the southern 7-county region; | 2 | | the agency provides developmental services for disabled adults | 3 | | in both the day training and residential home settings, | 4 | | behavioral health services for adults in outpatient, | 5 | | residential, and independent living settings and for youth in | 6 | | outpatient settings, and substance abuse services to both youth | 7 | | and adults and supportive living services for the senior | 8 | | population; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, As Executive Director of Family Counseling | 10 | | Center, Inc., Larry Mizell was instrumental in many major | 11 | | accomplishments of the agency, including the construction of | 12 | | Garden Apartments in Vienna, an 8-apartment complex for | 13 | | disabled or elderly adults; the acquisition of acreage along | 14 | | Interstate 24 in Johnson County as a possible future office | 15 | | building site and construction of a records storage building; | 16 | | the relocation of the outpatient office in Elizabethtown; the | 17 | | expansion of the Johnson County day training program for | 18 | | developmentally disabled adults with the purchase and | 19 | | renovation of the new training site on Oliver Street in Vienna; | 20 | | the purchase of Cache River House in Karnak, an 8-bed CILA | 21 | | residential home; the construction of Autumn Ridge Supportive | 22 | | Living Facility in Vienna, a 46 apartment complex housing | 23 | | seniors 65 and older; the construction of a new Hilltop House | 24 | | in Rosiclare, an 8-bed CILA residential home; and the expansion | 25 | | of services in Elizabethtown with the purchase and renovation |
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| 1 | | of a 6-bed CILA residential home; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Larry Mizell is an active member of his community; | 3 | | he is a member and President of the Southern Five Counties | 4 | | Regional Board of Education; he was a member of the State of | 5 | | Illinois Southern District Guardianship Advocacy Board; he is a | 6 | | member of the Board of Directors of Southern Trust Bank in | 7 | | Goreville, the Johnson County Planning Commission, and the | 8 | | Johnson County Revitalization Committee; he was also involved | 9 | | in the creation of "Rails to Trails", the initial conversion of | 10 | | Northfork Southern Railroad into a hiking and biking trail from | 11 | | Saline County through Johnson County and on to Pulaski County; | 12 | | and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Larry Mizell and his wife, Barbara, currently | 14 | | reside on their family farm in Johnson County near Trigg Tower | 15 | | and surrounded by the Shawnee National Forest; they have 2 | 16 | | children, Margo (Charlie) Keene and Megan (Nathan) Blaylock, | 17 | | and 3 grandchildren, Maggie, Millie, and Zell Keene; therefore, | 18 | | be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 21 | | we congratulate Larry W. Mizell on the occasion of his | 22 | | retirement and wish him continued success and happiness in the | 23 | | future; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Larry Mizell as a symbol of our esteem and | 3 | | respect.
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