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92_HR0148

 
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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS,  The  members   of   the   Illinois   House   of
 3    Representatives  are pleased to recognize milestone events in
 4    the lives of the citizens of the State of Illinois; and

 5        WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that the Nina Baird
 6    is retiring from her duties as  city  clerk  of  Edwardsville
 7    after serving an outstanding five terms in office; and

 8        WHEREAS, Nina Baird was the first female to be elected to
 9    the city clerk's position in 1981; during her 20 year tenure,
10    she   has  worked  with  four  mayors,  four  treasurers  and
11    thirty-one aldermen; and

12        WHEREAS, Nina  Baird  graduated  from  Edwardsville  High
13    School in 1944 and attended Illinois Wesleyan in Bloomington;
14    she  married  the late Everett "Doc" Baird in 1946;  in 1975,
15    she began working for Madison  County  Clerk  Evelyn  Bowles,
16    where  over  the course of six and a half years she picked up
17    invaluable skills that has  helped  her  in  her  city  clerk
18    position; and

19        WHEREAS,  Mrs.  Baird's  duties  as  city  clerk included
20    heading up the department responsible for paying  the  city's
21    bills  and  billing  the citizens for services in addition to
22    being the keeper of city records; and

23        WHEREAS, Over the last 20 years in office, Nina Baird has
24    witnessed a vast improvement in  technology  in  the  clerk's
25    office;  from the use of typewriters and bookkeeping machines
26    in 1981 and the introduction of the office's  first  computer
27    in 1982 to the office being on the Internet since 1997; and

28        WHEREAS,  After  her  retirement  begins, Nina Baird will
29    have more time to spend with  her  son  Tom,  and  her  three
30    grandchildren,  Matt,  Meredith, and Mitch; she also plans to
31    rediscover bridge and golf; therefore, be it
 
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 1        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
 2    NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
 3    we congratulate Nina Baird for her 20 years of dedication and
 4    service  as city clerk of Edwardsville, Illinois; and we wish
 5    her well in all of her future endeavors; and be it further

 6        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
 7    presented to Nina Baird as an expression of our esteem.

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