Full Text of SJR0047 95th General Assembly
SJ0047 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, It is one of the privileges of the General | 3 |
| Assembly to pay due honor and respect to persons who devote | 4 |
| their lives to the protection and service of the general | 5 |
| public; and
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| WHEREAS, Terry Jay Emerick of Vandalia was killed in a | 7 |
| traffic accident on May 25, 1994, while on duty as a police | 8 |
| officer for the Illinois Commerce Commission; and
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| WHEREAS, Officer Emerick was 29 years of age at the time of | 10 |
| his death and had served with the Illinois Commerce Commission | 11 |
| Police for more than 2 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Officer Emerick had served with the Hillsboro | 13 |
| Police from 1989 to 1991 and previously had served as a deputy | 14 |
| and probation officer in Fayette County; and
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| WHEREAS, Terry Emerick was born March 3, 1965 in Vandalia, | 16 |
| the son of Frank and Betty (Carman) Emerick; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, Officer Emerick graduated from Vandalia High | 18 |
| School in 1983, attended Kaskaskia College for 2 years, and | 19 |
| then completed a bachelor's degree at Illinois State University | 20 |
| in Normal; and |
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| WHEREAS, Officer Emerick married the former Connie Noyes on | 2 |
| August 3, 1991; she lives in Hillsboro with their son, Noah | 3 |
| Dean, now 13; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, A portion of Illinois Route 185 between Hillsboro | 5 |
| and Vandalia lies in Montgomery County; and
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| WHEREAS, Montgomery County officials hope that a portion of | 7 |
| the highway can be designated in Officer Emerick's honor; | 8 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 10 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 11 |
| CONCURRING HEREIN, that a portion of Illinois Route 185 in | 12 |
| Montgomery County between Hillsboro and Vandalia be designated | 13 |
| the Officer Terry J. Emerick Memorial Highway; and be it | 14 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | 16 |
| is requested to erect, at a location designated by officials of | 17 |
| Montgomery County, consistent with State regulations, a | 18 |
| roadside memorial giving notice of the name; and be it further | 19 |
| RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to | 20 |
| the Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation and |
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| the Montgomery County Board and that a suitable copy be | 2 |
| presented to Connie Noyes Emerick.
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