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92_HR0988

 
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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

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

 5        WHEREAS,  For  the  past 53 years, Thornal Washington has
 6    made a career out of civic service to the  younger  residents
 7    of Chicago Heights; and

 8        WHEREAS,  Thornal Washington is a graduate of Dunbar High
 9    School in Texarkana, Texas and receive his bachelor's  degree
10    from Governors State University; and

11        WHEREAS, Mr. Washington began his career in civic service
12    in  1949,  when  he organized the Chicago Heights Improvement
13    Association and served on the  Board  of  Directors  for  ten
14    years;  from  1951  to  1961,  he served as an Advisory Board
15    Member of Girl Scout Troop #621 in Chicago Heights; from 1951
16    to 1994, he served as a Board of Directors Member and  fiscal
17    administrator of Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago
18    Heights;  from  1957  to  1966,  he served as a member of the
19    Chicago Heights Planning Commission; from 1957  to  1963,  he
20    served  as  the  business  manager  for  the  Chicago Heights
21    Community Choir; from  1957  to  1961,  he  served  as  chief
22    organizer  and  coach of the Kool Kids Girls Softball Team in
23    Chicago Heights; and from  1959  to  1967,  he  served  as  a
24    community  service  worker for the Illinois Youth Commission;
25    and

26        WHEREAS, Mr. Washington  served  from  1960  to  1962  as
27    Chairman  of  the  South Suburban Law and Order Committee; in
28    1960,  he  organized  and  established  the  Chicago  Heights
29    Community  Youth  Committee;  in  1961,  he   organized   and
30    established   the   East   Chicago  Heights  Community  Youth
31    Committee; from  1968  to  1973,  he  served  as  Corrections
32    Community  Service  Worker  for  the  Illinois  Department of
 
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 1    Corrections, Juvenile Division, Community Services; in  1971,
 2    he organized a series of State-wide Governor's Conferences on
 3    Youth;  and  from  1973  to  1976,  he  served as Corrections
 4    Community Service Supervisor for the Illinois  Department  of
 5    Corrections; and

 6        WHEREAS, In 1974, Mr. Washington organized Hickory House,
 7    a  group home for juvenile boys, in Chicago Heights; in 1974,
 8    he served as liaison  for  Bloom,  Thornton,  and  Rich  High
 9    Schools  to  address  the  issue  of  student  unrest, drugs,
10    vandalism, and assault; in 1975, he served as a member of the
11    Task Force on Regionalization for the Illinois Department  of
12    Corrections;   and   in  1976,  he  served  on  the  Illinois
13    Commission on  Delinquency  Prevention,  which  replaced  the
14    Community  Service  Unit,  for  the  Illinois  Department  of
15    Corrections; and

16        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Washington  currently  serves as Executive
17    Director of the Chicago  Heights  Community  Youth  Committee
18    District  Supervisor for the Chicago Area Project, a position
19    he has held for over 20 years; and

20        WHEREAS,  For  over  50  years,  Thornal  Washington  has
21    dedicated his  life  to  serving  the  younger  residents  of
22    Chicago  Heights; his dedication, commitment, and service has
23    set an example for them to follow for  generations  to  come;
24    therefore, be it

25        RESOLVED,   BY   THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
26    NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
27    we honor Thornal Washington on his 53-year  career  of  civic
28    service  and  commitment  to the younger residents of Chicago
29    Heights; and be it further

30        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
31    presented  to  Thornal  Washington  as  an  expression of our
32    esteem.

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