Full Text of HR0923 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to honor Norbert and Charlotte | 4 | | Zinck on their work with the United States Agency for | 5 | | International Development (USAID); and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The USAID is the United States federal government | 7 | | agency primarily responsible for administering civilian | 8 | | foreign aid; its focus is disaster relief, poverty relief, | 9 | | cooperation on global issues, supporting U.S. geopolitical | 10 | | interests, and socioeconomic development in low-income | 11 | | nations; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Norbert Zinck has an extensive history of service | 13 | | with the USAID, often with his wife, Charlotte at his side; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Norbert Zinck began his connection with the USAID | 15 | | in 1999 after hearing an advertisement on the radio requesting | 16 | | volunteers with knowledge of farming, welding, machining, | 17 | | raising animals, and anything agriculturally related; his | 18 | | first assignment sent him to Armenia in July of 1999, at that | 19 | | time, a new country with only substandard equipment to work | 20 | | with, to teach no-till soybean planting; in addition to | 21 | | Armenia, he has volunteered in Macedonia, Rwanda, Mozambique, | 22 | | Siberia, Guyana, Ghana, and Nubaria to help with agricultural |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Norbert Zinck has traveled a total of 8 times to | 3 | | the country of Azerbaijan to aid in everything from soil | 4 | | preparation and corn production to machinery repair and helping | 5 | | in obtaining farming loans; he was the first volunteer the new | 6 | | country of Azerbaijan received from the U.S. in September of | 7 | | 2000; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Norbert Zinck was born in Mascoutah on December | 9 | | 16, 1934 and Charlotte in St. Louis, Missouri on March 20, | 10 | | 1937; they were married at the Assumption Catholic Church in | 11 | | Matese, Missouri on November 27, 1958 and have 4 children, Jim | 12 | | (June), Mary (Don), John (Lisa), and Dan (Carolyn); 12 | 13 | | grandchildren, Jeremy, Sarah, Jaime, Adam, Joshua, Nicole, | 14 | | Mitchell, Patrick, Allyson, Jackson, Annie, and Kelly; and 2 | 15 | | great-grandchildren, Mellissa and Conner; Norbert currently | 16 | | operates a shop fabricating, welding, machining, designing, | 17 | | and repairing equipment for clients, family, and friends; | 18 | | therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 21 | | we honor Norbert and Charlotte Zinck on their work with the | 22 | | United States Agency for International Development; and be it | 23 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Norbert and Charlotte Zinck as an expression of | 3 | | our esteem and respect.
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