Full Text of HR0487 96th General Assembly
HR0487 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 Arcelia Watson, | 4 |
| reading teacher at Paxton-Buckley-Loda Junior High School, on | 5 |
| her retirement; and
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| WHEREAS, She spent the first six years of her 54 year | 7 |
| teaching career at a school in East Lynn; she spent the rest in | 8 |
| Paxton, first at the high school and the last 40 years serving | 9 |
| at the junior high, where she taught English and reading; and
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| WHEREAS, During her career, she influenced decades of | 11 |
| students, as well as a large group of present-day teachers in | 12 |
| the Paxton-Buckley-Loda district, including her former student | 13 |
| and now the principal of the junior high and her boss, Jeff | 14 |
| Graham; and
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| WHEREAS, She is a sports fan and goes to numerous events, | 16 |
| recently attending the Indianapolis 500 time trials; she has | 17 |
| also attended many NASCAR races and also about 45 Indianapolis | 18 |
| 500 races; she is a Green Bay Packers fan and a big University | 19 |
| of Illinois fan; and
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| WHEREAS, She has served as an usher at sports events at | 21 |
| Memorial Stadium and the Assembly Hall for many years, and her |
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| present duties are in the area of the press and private boxes; | 2 |
| she also works at concerts at the Assembly Hall; and
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| WHEREAS, She likes to travel and has gone to Europe, Asia, | 4 |
| South America, the Vatican, Red Square in Moscow, and The Great | 5 |
| Wall of China; she is looking forward to continuing her travels | 6 |
| with her son, Dennis Watson and her daughter, Susan Allen, and | 7 |
| her five grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 10 |
| congratulate Arcelia Watson on her retirement and years of | 11 |
| service to the children of the Paxton-Buckley-Loda area; and we | 12 |
| wish her the best in all her future travels and adventures; and | 13 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to Arcelia Watson as a symbol of our respect and | 16 |
| esteem.
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