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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, For John Whiteside, the job of newspaperman has |
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| never been just a way to earn a living; it has been a way to |
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| make a difference in his community, and he has done just that; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, John has been with The Herald News in Joliet since |
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| he graduated from Northern Illinois University in 1971; he |
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| joined the newspaper on July 5, 1971 as a beat reporter, city |
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| editor, and editorial page editor; his first daily column |
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| appeared on July 5, 1981; and
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| WHEREAS, He has used his column to publicize and inspire |
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| several major projects in Will County, including the Law |
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| Enforcement Memorial, the Taylor Pirc video camera project, and |
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| the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery honor guard unit; in |
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| November 2003, the cemetery honored John by creating a special |
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| award named after him for its honor guard graduates; and
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| WHEREAS, He has received more than 150 reporting and |
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| writing awards for his stories over the last 34 years; they |
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| include awards for investigative reporting, spot news, |
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| columns, and feature stories; he was the Suburban Press Club of |
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| Chicago's Journalist of the Year in 1979, the NIU Illinois |
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| Journalist of the Year in 1981, and was inducted into the |
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| Joliet/Will County Project Pride Hall of Pride in 1996; in |
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| November 2004, the Joliet Area Historical Museum kicked off a |
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| campaign to name its War Heroes Gallery after John to honor the |
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| many columns he has written about veterans; and
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| WHEREAS, John has always looked out for the little person, |
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| the person without a voice - he has become their voice; he has |
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| always gone beyond the call of duty for his family, his |
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| newspaper, his community, and his friends; therefore, be it
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