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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

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

 5        WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that twelve  senior
 6    citizens dedicated to their community, country, and families,
 7    have  been  selected  as  this year's Jefferson County Senior
 8    Saints and will be honored at a banquet on June 12,  2003  in
 9    their honor at the Mount Vernon Holiday Inn; and

10        WHEREAS,   The  recipients  have  exhibited  benevolence,
11    community  service,  compassion  and  commitment   to   their
12    families,  churches,  country, and community throughout their
13    lives and have been examples to all who know them; and

14        WHEREAS, The Senior Saints program  started  seven  years
15    ago  when  local philanthropist Carl Lincoln Schweinfurth was
16    honored; since the program's inception, 84  Jefferson  County
17    residents  have  been inducted into the Senior Saints Hall of
18    Fame; photos of the winners are added to  the  Senior  Saints
19    Hall of Fame Wall; and

20        WHEREAS,  This year's Senior Saints are Don Baker, Dottie
21    Baker, Alfred Bean,  Chester  Connaway,  John  Nelson  Cowen,
22    Reverend  Leroy  Dude,  Clifford  Fields, Nancy Germann, Jack
23    Goldman, Ardell Kimmel, Wilma Kimmel, and Clara Sonsini; many
24    of the honorees are veterans of the  United  States  military
25    and  the  number  of volunteer hours each recipient can claim
26    are countless; therefore, be it

27        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
28    NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
29    we congratulate the recipients of the Jefferson County Senior
30    Saints Award for 2003 and thank them for their humble service
31    to the citizens of the State of Illinois; and be it further
 
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 1        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
 2    presented  to  each  recipient  of the Senior Saint Award for
 3    2003.