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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Arles Hendershott Love on | ||||||
| 4 | being inducted into the Illinois State University TV-10 | ||||||
| 5 | Broadcast Hall of Fame on April 13, 2024; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, Arles Love graduated with high honors from | ||||||
| 7 | Illinois State University in 1979, receiving her bachelor's | ||||||
| 8 | degree in Information Sciences; and | ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, Arles Love spent her broadcasting career in the | ||||||
| 10 | Rockford Region, working for WTVO and WIFR as a reporter, | ||||||
| 11 | photographer, producer, and assignment editor prior to being | ||||||
| 12 | promoted to news director at WIFR in 1986, when less than 5% of | ||||||
| 13 | news directors in the country were women; and | ||||||
| 14 | WHEREAS, Arles Love rose to the corporate level, becoming | ||||||
| 15 | community relations director for WIFR and Benedek Broadcasting | ||||||
| 16 | in 1997, where she developed new revenue streams and | ||||||
| 17 | established community-centric events that reinvested into the | ||||||
| 18 | communities served by news stations; and | ||||||
| 19 | WHEREAS, Arles Love spent 25 years in the broadcast | ||||||
| 20 | industry, paved the way for successful careers for women | ||||||
| 21 | entering broadcast media, and continued her career in | ||||||
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| 1 | contribution and service to her community; and | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, In 2005, Arles Love became the development | ||||||
| 3 | director at Milestone, the largest provider of services to | ||||||
| 4 | children and adults with developmental disabilities in | ||||||
| 5 | Northern Illinois; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, Arles Love, working as a department of one, has | ||||||
| 7 | secured $24 million in contributions over the past 18 years | ||||||
| 8 | for children and adults with developmental disabilities; and | ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, Arles Love has been actively engaged with her | ||||||
| 10 | community, serving on countless boards, advocating for | ||||||
| 11 | legislation, and creating and organizing events to support | ||||||
| 12 | arts and culture venues, increase awareness of health issues, | ||||||
| 13 | and bring assistance to homeless individuals; and | ||||||
| 14 | WHEREAS, In 2024, Arles Love will be honored for her | ||||||
| 15 | inspirational career in broadcast media, as well as her | ||||||
| 16 | incredible devotion to the betterment of her community, | ||||||
| 17 | through her inclusion in the Illinois State University TV-10 | ||||||
| 18 | Broadcast Hall of Fame; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 19 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 20 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 21 | we congratulate Arles Hendershott Love on being inducted into | ||||||
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| 1 | the Illinois State University TV-10 Broadcast Hall of Fame; | ||||||
| 2 | and be it further | ||||||
| 3 | RESOLVED, That we recognize Arles Love's contributions to | ||||||
| 4 | broadcast media and applaud her ongoing commitment to serve | ||||||
| 5 | her community; and be it further | ||||||
| 6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 7 | presented to Arles Love as a symbol of our esteem and respect. | ||||||