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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, On March 26, 2009, Bea Wyeth-Wheeler will receive
3 the Margaret Gaule Lifetime Achievement Award from the
4 Springfield Civic Garden Club as the second recipient of this
5 prestigious award; and
 
6     WHEREAS, In her 50 years of entering her floral designs at
7 the Illinois State Fair, Bea Wyeth-Wheeler has won more than
8 5,000 ribbons, of which more than 2,000 were first place blue
9 ribbons; she has also won over 400 Best of Show trophies for
10 horticulture and design; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Bea Wyeth-Wheeler is a Master Flower Show Judge
12 and a University of Illinois Master Gardener, as well as the
13 Springfield Civic Garden Club's First Vice-President; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Bea Wyeth-Wheeler was the chairman of many of the
15 Springfield Garden Club's flower shows and has won several
16 hundred ribbons and Best of Show awards at the local, district,
17 and State level; therefore, be it
 
18     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
19 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
20 designate March 26, 2009 as Bea Wyeth-Wheeler Day in the State
21 of Illinois in celebration of her half a century of success in

 

 

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1 horticultural design, her awards at the Illinois State Fair,
2 and her Lifetime Achievement Award; and be it further
 
3     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4 presented to Bea Wyeth-Wheeler as a symbol of our esteem and
5 respect.