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| 1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, It is one of the privileges of the General | ||||||
| 3 | Assembly to pay due honor and respect to persons who devote | ||||||
| 4 | their lives to the protection and service of the general | ||||||
| 5 | public; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Terry Jay Emerick of Vandalia was killed in a | ||||||
| 7 | traffic accident on May 25, 1994, while on duty as a police | ||||||
| 8 | officer for the Illinois Commerce Commission; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Officer Emerick was 29 years of age at the time of | ||||||
| 10 | his death and had served with the Illinois Commerce Commission | ||||||
| 11 | Police for more than 2 years; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Officer Emerick had served with the Hillsboro | ||||||
| 13 | Police from 1989 to 1991 and previously had served as a deputy | ||||||
| 14 | and probation officer in Fayette County; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Terry Emerick was born March 3, 1965 in Vandalia, | ||||||
| 16 | the son of Frank and Betty (Carman) Emerick; and | ||||||
| 17 | WHEREAS, Officer Emerick graduated from Vandalia High | ||||||
| 18 | School in 1983, attended Kaskaskia College for 2 years, and | ||||||
| 19 | then completed a bachelor's degree at Illinois State University | ||||||
| 20 | in Normal; and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Officer Emerick married the former Connie Noyes on | ||||||
| 2 | August 3, 1991; she lives in Hillsboro with their son, Noah | ||||||
| 3 | Dean, now 13; and | ||||||
| 4 | WHEREAS, A portion of Illinois Route 185 between Hillsboro | ||||||
| 5 | and Vandalia lies in Montgomery County; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Montgomery County officials hope that a portion of | ||||||
| 7 | the highway can be designated in Officer Emerick's honor; | ||||||
| 8 | therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 10 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | ||||||
| 11 | CONCURRING HEREIN, that a portion of Illinois Route 185 in | ||||||
| 12 | Montgomery County between Hillsboro and Vandalia be designated | ||||||
| 13 | the Officer Terry J. Emerick Memorial Highway; and be it | ||||||
| 14 | further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | ||||||
| 16 | is requested to erect, at a location designated by officials of | ||||||
| 17 | Montgomery County, consistent with State regulations, a | ||||||
| 18 | roadside memorial giving notice of the name; and be it further | ||||||
| 19 | RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to | ||||||
| 20 | the Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation and | ||||||
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| 1 | the Montgomery County Board and that a suitable copy be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to Connie Noyes Emerick.
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