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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Brenda Hannah on |
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| the occasion of her retirement; and
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| WHEREAS, A product of the East St. Louis Public School |
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| System, she attended Dunbar Elementary School, Hughes-Quinn |
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| Jr. High, and graduated from Lincoln Senior High School in |
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| 1962; she received a Bachelor of Science degree from Southern |
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| Illinois University at Edwardsville; and
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| WHEREAS, Her career with the East St. Louis School District |
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| began as a teacher's aide at Longfellow Elementary School; she |
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| later began her full-time teaching career at Dunbar Elementary |
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| School, where she taught for over 30 years; she recently |
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| transferred to John Robinson Elementary School, where she will |
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| be concluding her teaching career; and
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| WHEREAS, Married to Harry Hannah, Ms. Hannah is the mother |
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| of two sons, Todd and Keith Hannah; she has five grandchildren |
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| and six sisters; she loves to write short stories and poetry; |
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| she penned the motto for the former State Community College in |
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| East St. Louis, "It's not how much ground you cover, but the |
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| tracks you leave behind."; she also authored the poem "ABC |
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| School", which expresses her love for children and teaching; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, She has been a member of Mount Olive Baptist |
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| Church for more than 50 years; 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 Brenda Hannah on the occasion of her |
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| retirement, and we thank her for the many years she dedicated |
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| to educating students in the State of Illinois; and be it |