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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Clara B. Mann has served three four year terms as |
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| Decatur Township Supervisor and is retiring this year; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born to Wm. Lane and Waunitta Landers in |
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| Cowden; she graduated from Cowden Community High School in 1954 |
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| with high honors; and
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| WHEREAS, Clara married Bobbie Mann; they are the parents of |
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| one son, Scott Muth; they are the proud grandparents of Heather |
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| Hodges and Tyler and Gabriel Johnson; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Mann worked as a bookkeeper for an industrial |
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| supplier for approximately 20 years; soon after the business |
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| closed, her husband and a good friend encouraged her to run for |
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| elected office; she was elected Decatur Township Supervisor; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, During her tenure, the Township has had many |
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| changes, from the original Workfare General Assistance program |
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| to the Earnfare program; the Township now has Transitional |
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| Assistance, Family and Children Assistance, Earnfare and an |
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| Emergency Assistance program, and Food Stamp and Training Job |
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| Retention programs; and
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| WHEREAS, Decatur Township serves approximately 450 persons |
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| per month with a staff of 9 persons; when she was first |
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| elected, the Township served approximately 3,000 persons per |
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| month with a staff of 28 people; Decatur has the largest |
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| Earnfare Contract in downstate Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we congratulate Clara B. Mann on the occasion of her retirement |
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| as Decatur Township Supervisor, and we thank her for her many |