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92_HR0335

 
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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

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

 5        WHEREAS, Owen C. Wavrinek will celebrate  his  retirement
 6    from  the Board of Education in Indian Prairie Community Unit
 7    School District 204 this year; and

 8        WHEREAS, Owen C. Wavrinek was appointed to fill a vacancy
 9    in the Board of Education in Indian  Prairie  Community  Unit
10    School  District  204 in 1980; he was elected to the position
11    in 1981; and he served five consecutive terms as a member  of
12    the Board; and

13        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Wavrinek  served  as Vice President of the
14    Board  from 1983 to 1985 and as Board President from 1985  to
15    1989;  he chaired the Board's policy committee for nearly all
16    of his tenure as a Board member; and he oversaw the  complete
17    rewrite  of a policy manual, which was in excess of 800 pages
18    in length; and

19        WHEREAS, Although Owen C. Wavrinek has no children of his
20    own, he has claimed all of the district's students as his own
21    in making his point that the single most important role  that
22    a Board member can play is that of a child advocate; and

23        WHEREAS,  Because  of his exemplary service for more than
24    two decades and because  of  his  excellent  memory,  he  has
25    earned the title of "Board Historian"; he has made the Indian
26    Prairie  School  District  better  for  all  of the students,
27    staff, parents, and residents of the  district;  and  he  has
28    earned the praise and gratitude of the District; and

29        WHEREAS,  For  recognition of his years of service to the
30    children of Indian  Prairie,  the  Illinois  Chapter  of  the
31    National School Public Relations Association will present Mr.
 
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 1    Wavrinek  with  its award of Merit in the School Board Member
 2    category on May 17, 2001; therefore be it

 3        RESOLVED,  BY  THE   HOUSE   OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
 4    NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
 5    we  congratulate  Owen C. Wavrinek on his retirement from the
 6    Board of Education in Indian Prairie  Community  Unit  School
 7    District  204  and wish him well in his future endeavors; and
 8    be it further

 9        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable copy of this  resolution  be
10    presented to Owen C. Wavrinek.

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