Full Text of HR1385 097th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to recognize Illinois State | 4 | | Representative Dave Winters for his 18 years of service and | 5 | | hard work on behalf of the people of the State of Illinois; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Representative Winters was first elected to the | 7 | | Illinois General Assembly in November 1994 to serve the people | 8 | | of the 69th District; after the 2001 remap of the State, | 9 | | Representative Winters was asked by the people of the new 68th | 10 | | District to represent them in the Illinois General Assembly; | 11 | | and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Representative Winters has had a long and | 13 | | distinguished career in public service, serving his local | 14 | | community for 6 years on the Winnebago County Board as chairman | 15 | | of the Winnebago County Board Economic Development and Planning | 16 | | Committee, Forest Preserve Executive Committee, and Solid | 17 | | Waste and Recycling Committee, and as Shirland Township Clerk; | 18 | | and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Representative Winters proudly served as a member | 20 | | of numerous organizations, including the Winnebago County Farm | 21 | | Bureau, Rockford and Winnebago County Planning Commission, | 22 | | League of Women Voters Solid Waste Task Force, Natural Land |
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| 1 | | Institute Sinnissippi Open Space Committee, and the | 2 | | Sinnissippi Audubon Society; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Representative Winters is especially proud of his | 4 | | work in the Illinois House of Representatives as a long-time | 5 | | member of the Public Utilities, Telecommunications, | 6 | | Environment and Energy, and Environmental Health Committees, | 7 | | always striving to create sustainable, renewable, business | 8 | | friendly energy sources for Illinois families; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Representative Winters will be remembered for his | 10 | | outstanding record of support of the Illinois business | 11 | | community through his efforts to create a balanced budget, | 12 | | future fiscal stability, and a pro-growth business climate | 13 | | throughout the State; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Representative Winters was happy to host numerous | 15 | | members of the Illinois House of Representatives at his | 16 | | restored prairie for an annual pheasant hunt; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Representative Winters is proud of his | 18 | | establishment of a new House institution, the Century Club, | 19 | | having done research to establish which Representatives had | 20 | | earned the honor of listing on the trophy, which he purchased | 21 | | after having earned that ignominious honor himself; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Representative Winters graduated from Hononegah | 2 | | High School in 1970; he earned a bachelor of arts with high | 3 | | honors in European history from Dartmouth College in 1974; he | 4 | | subsequently earned a masters of science in agricultural | 5 | | economics from the University of Illinois in 1976; he farmed | 6 | | grain, vegetables, beef cattle, and prairie grass seeds until | 7 | | his retirement in 2012; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 10 | | we congratulate our friend and colleague, Representative Dave | 11 | | Winters, on his retirement from the Illinois of House of | 12 | | Representatives and wish him the best in his future endeavors; | 13 | | and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to State Representative Dave Winters as a symbol of | 16 | | our respect and esteem.
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