Full Text of HR1264 96th General Assembly
HR1264 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Lyle Rigdon on the | 4 |
| occasion of his retirement as the Pawnee Superintendent of | 5 |
| Schools; and
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| WHEREAS, Lyle Rigdon graduated from Ridgefarm High School | 7 |
| and Danville Area Community College; he then graduated from | 8 |
| Purdue University with a degree in industrial technology; and
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| WHEREAS, Lyle Rigdon began his educational career as an | 10 |
| industrial technology teacher at Westville High School in | 11 |
| Westville and Southview Middle School in Danville; he then left | 12 |
| the education field and moved to Elkhart, Indiana, where he | 13 |
| worked in quality control at Accra Pac; shortly after, he took | 14 |
| a job at Dometic, where he served as the company's national | 15 |
| training manager and traveled across the country to attend | 16 |
| trade shows and develop the company's training manuals; and
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| WHEREAS, Following his service at Dometic, Lyle Rigdon | 18 |
| returned to the Champaign area when he was offered a position | 19 |
| with the Vocational Education Department at the University of | 20 |
| Illinois, where he was in charge of developing educational | 21 |
| materials and training for schools across the nation; he then | 22 |
| accepted a job with the National Center for Supercomputing on |
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| the University of Illinois campus, where he developed the | 2 |
| center's training materials and conducted training programs | 3 |
| for high school teachers; during this time, he returned to | 4 |
| school to complete his master's degree in educational | 5 |
| administration; and
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| WHEREAS, After his service at the University of Illinois, | 7 |
| Lyle Rigdon accepted the position of principal at Westville | 8 |
| High School; as principal, he implemented the school's | 9 |
| Renaissance program and academy programs, wrote various | 10 |
| grants, helped to increase attendance, and conducted various | 11 |
| graduation rate programs; he then returned to school and | 12 |
| completed his certification to become a school superintendent; | 13 |
| shortly after, he took a position as a principal/superintendent | 14 |
| in Ludlow; as principal/superintendent, he co-wrote over | 15 |
| $500,000 in reading improvement grants, organized many | 16 |
| collections for students, and was a reader for grants for the | 17 |
| State of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2004, Lyle Rigdon moved to Ashland, where he | 19 |
| became the superintendent of a K-12 district, where he was | 20 |
| involved in both grant writing and school improvement plans; in | 21 |
| 2007, he became the Pawnee Superintendent of Schools; as | 22 |
| superintendent, he was involved in grant writing for the new | 23 |
| greenhouse, the reintroduction of home economics and | 24 |
| agriculture classes, and working with the State to make Route |
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| 104 a safe road for students; and
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| WHEREAS, Lyle Rigdon served as a volunteer coach with the | 3 |
| Special Olympics; he is also a guest lecturer at UIS, where he | 4 |
| is involved in the training of student teachers; and
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| WHEREAS, Lyle Rigdon is a member of the United Methodist | 6 |
| Church and the Lions clubs; he enjoys cars, trains, | 7 |
| landscaping, and camping; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Lyle Rigdon and his loving wife of 29 years, | 9 |
| Lonny, have one son, Luke, and a future daughter-in-law, | 10 |
| Christy; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 13 |
| congratulate Lyle Rigdon on the occasion of his retirement and | 14 |
| wish him many happy and healthy retirement years; and be it | 15 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to Lyle Rigdon as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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