Full Text of HR1272 94th General Assembly
HR1272 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Harry "Bus" Yourell of Oak Lawn, Commissioner of | 3 |
| the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, is retiring after | 4 |
| a long and distinguished career in the private and public | 5 |
| sector; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Harry "Bus" Yourell served admirably in the United | 7 |
| States Marine Corps during World War II, fighting on the | 8 |
| Pacific islands of Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo | 9 |
| Jima, where he served with distinction, earning the Bronze | 10 |
| Star, the Purple Heart, the Asiatic Pacific Medal with three | 11 |
| Stars, and the Presidential Unit Citation Award; and
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| WHEREAS, Harry "Bus" Yourell, born on February 19, 1919, in | 13 |
| Hammond, Indiana, moved to Oak Lawn in 1956, where he raised | 14 |
| three children with his wife and established a popular Oak Lawn | 15 |
| restaurant named "Bus' Drive-in" and was engaged in the | 16 |
| insurance brokerage business; and
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| WHEREAS, Harry "Bus" Yourell served with excellence in | 18 |
| community and civic affairs by participating in the Heart Fund, | 19 |
| the Boy Scouts, the Lions Club, the Elks Club, the Holy Name | 20 |
| Society, Rotary, American Legion Post 757, VFW Post 5220, and | 21 |
| the Catholic War Veterans; and
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| WHEREAS, Harry "Bus" Yourell was a loyal and active | 23 |
| Democrat that served his party as President of the Worth | 24 |
| Township Regular Democrats for three years, was elected | 25 |
| delegate to the 1964 State Nomination Convention, was six times | 26 |
| elected Democratic Committeeman of Worth Township, was a member | 27 |
| of the Cook County Democratic Central Committee, and was | 28 |
| elected delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1968, | 29 |
| 1972, and 1976; and
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| WHEREAS, Harry "Bus" Yourell served the Village of Oak Lawn |
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| as an elected trustee from 1959 to 1963; and
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| WHEREAS, Harry "Bus" Yourell served nine terms as an | 3 |
| elected member of the Illinois House of Representatives, where | 4 |
| he served as Chairman of the Counties and Townships Committee, | 5 |
| Chairman of the Joint Committee Administrative Procedures, | 6 |
| Chairman of the Election Laws Commission, Chairman of the | 7 |
| County Problems Commission, and was as a member of the | 8 |
| Executive Committee, the Cities and Villages Committee, the | 9 |
| Financing of Education Commission, and the C-Selm Pollution | 10 |
| Control Commission; and
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| WHEREAS, Harry "Bus" Yourell, as Illinois State | 12 |
| Representative, was chief sponsor of bills to raise the | 13 |
| drinking age to 21 and to create the Joint Committee on | 14 |
| Administrative Procedures; he also sponsored legislation | 15 |
| creating one of the toughest narcotic bails in the nation, | 16 |
| banning look-alike drugs, and the consolidated election law; | 17 |
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| WHEREAS, Harry "Bus" Yourell earned several awards and | 19 |
| distinctions for his outstanding contributions to legislative | 20 |
| service during his tenure as a State Representative, with | 21 |
| honors including "1984 Legislator of the Year" by the coalition | 22 |
| of Suburban Bar Association; "1984 Legislator of the Year" by | 23 |
| the Illinois Library Association; the First Annual Recipient of | 24 |
| the Richard J. Daley Citizenship Award; the Illinois Wildlife | 25 |
| Federation Award in 1975, 1977, and 1981; the Cook County | 26 |
| Suburban Publishers Association award for Outstanding Service | 27 |
| in 1975; the Chicago Principals Association Certificate of | 28 |
| Recognition in 1975; the Illinois Library Association | 29 |
| Certification of Recognition in 1978; the Urban County Council | 30 |
| of Illinois 1976 Award; the South Suburban Principals Award in | 31 |
| 1976; the Mount Greenwood Homeowners Association Award in 1976; | 32 |
| the Illinois Association of Park Districts Award in 1976 and | 33 |
| 1979; the Illinois Coroners Association Meritorious Civic |
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| Award in 1978; the Village of Chicago Ridge Meritorious Civic | 2 |
| Award in 1977; the Illinois Credit Union League Perfect Voting | 3 |
| Record Award in 1979; the Joint Committee on Administrative | 4 |
| Procedures Award in 1979; the County Problems Study Commission | 5 |
| Award in 1979; and the South Suburban Park & Recreational | 6 |
| Association Award in 1974; and
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| WHEREAS, Harry "Bus" Yourell, due to outstanding civic | 8 |
| service to his community, received the honor of having a street | 9 |
| (Yourell Drive) in the Village of Oak Lawn named after him, and | 10 |
| the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District named the Sepa | 11 |
| Station in Worth as the Harry "Bus" Yourell Sidestream Elevated | 12 |
| Pool Aeration Station in 1999; and
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| WHEREAS, Citizens of our state who serve with distinction | 14 |
| deserve to be recognized and honored for their accomplishments; | 15 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 |
| we commend Harry "Bus" Yourell for his dedication and service | 19 |
| to his family, friends, community, and country, and we wish him | 20 |
| all the best in his retirement and future endeavors; and be it | 21 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 23 |
| presented to Harry "Bus" Yourell as a sign of our respect, | 24 |
| esteem, and admiration for an exemplary career of service and | 25 |
| with our best wishes for future successes.
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