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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Dan and Karen Fox were recently named the 2006 |
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| North Suburban Library System's Volunteers of the Year; and
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| WHEREAS, They were nominated for the award in recognition |
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| of past efforts with the Gail Borden Public Library District |
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| and exceptional dedication during the project "GIANTS: African |
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| Dinosaurs Created by Project Exploration"; and
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| WHEREAS, In March of 2005, Mrs. Fox, School District U-46 |
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| Special Projects Assistant to the Superintendent, was asked to |
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| undertake the enormous task of organizing thousands of school |
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| children and buses for the GIANTS exhibit that would be opening |
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| in September 2005; from serving on a steering committee to late |
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| night e-mails to 4 a.m. award-nomination writing, she |
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| volunteered her utmost time and energy to making the project a |
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| success; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Fox, a retired teacher, worked diligently to |
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| train more than 100 volunteer docents who would then guide and |
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| inspire more than 11,000 school children and hundreds of groups |
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| through the exhibit's four-month venue at the library; he |
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| prepared for and conducted two-hour seminars, which involved |
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| careful directed observation of the towering dinosaur |
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| skeletons, meaningful teaching of adult learners, and |
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| instilling confidence in the docents, many of whom had never |
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| done anything like this; and
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| WHEREAS, The enthusiasm that Mr. and Mrs. Fox exhibited was |
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| contagious, and they contributed greatly to the success of the |
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| "GIANTS" project, touching the lives of thousands of library |
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| visitors; 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 |