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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives wish to congratulate Darlene M. Shannon on her 
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retirement after 34 years of teaching and advising students at 
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Steeleville Community Unit Schools; and
 
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    WHEREAS, As a farm girl in Hamilton County, Darlene Marie 
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(Karcher) Shannon attended grade school at Piopolis and 
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McLeansboro; and
 
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    WHEREAS, In 1966, she graduated from McLeansboro High 
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School and enrolled at Southern Illinois University 
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Carbondale; in 1970, she received her Bachelor of Science 
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Degree in Business Education and was employed by Steeleville 
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Community Unit Schools; while teaching, she earned her Master's 
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Degree in Business Education in 1975 from SIU Carbondale; and


 
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    WHEREAS, For Steeleville Community Unit Schools, she 
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taught keyboarding to high school and grade school students, 
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Business English, Accounting I and II, clerical practice, 
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salesmanship, shorthand, information processing, and record 
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keeping; she also taught adult education keyboarding at John A. 
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Logan and a Business English class for SIU Carbondale; and


 
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    WHEREAS, Along with teaching at Steeleville, Mrs. Shannon 
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was an adviser for the following: Future Business Leaders of 
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America (FBLA), Pep Club, the Student Activity Board, the 
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Student Athletic Council, yearbook staff, and classes; while 
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yearbook adviser, the staff received the Golden Dozen Award 
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from the Southern Illinois School Press Association 9 years; 
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she has served as the adviser to 33 Southern Area FBLA 
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officers, 11 Illinois FBLA State officers, and many area, 
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state, and national competitive event winners from 
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Steeleville; and
 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, In addition being an FBLA chapter adviser for 34 
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years, Mrs. Shannon served as the Illinois FBLA State Adviser 
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for 16 years and on the National FBLA-PBL Board of Directors 
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for 3 years; she is continuing to serve as the Illinois 
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FBLA-PBL State Chairman, a position that she has held for 4 
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years; and


 
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    WHEREAS, Mrs. Shannon's recognitions include the Mary E. 
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Webb Award for Outstanding Illinois FBLA Advisers, National 
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outstanding Local FBLA Adviser Award, southern Illinois 
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Business Teacher of the Year, Those Who Excel Classroom Teacher 
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Award of Merit, and Southern Illinois School Press Association 
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Adviser of the Year; and


 
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    WHEREAS, In 1971, she married Dan Shannon from Cisne, whom 
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she met as a student worker at Textbook Service at SIUC; Mr. 
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Shannon retired after 35 years of employment at SIUC where his 
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job duties included research, service, and teaching; he is 
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presently working part time with the SIU Center for Rural 
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Health and the Safety Center; and


 
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    WHEREAS, Mrs. Shannon will be retiring at the end of the 
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2003-04 school year; she feels blessed to have had such a 
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wonderful school district and community in which to spend her 
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teaching career; and; therefore, be it

 

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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Darlene M. Shannon on her retirement after many 
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years of dedication to the cause of education, and we wish her 
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good health and happiness in all her future endeavors; and be 
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it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Darlene M. Shannon as an expression of our respect 
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and esteem.