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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives wish to congratulate Darlene M. Shannon on her
4 retirement after 34 years of teaching and advising students at
5 Steeleville Community Unit Schools; and
 
6     WHEREAS, As a farm girl in Hamilton County, Darlene Marie
7 (Karcher) Shannon attended grade school at Piopolis and
8 McLeansboro; and
 
9     WHEREAS, In 1966, she graduated from McLeansboro High
10 School and enrolled at Southern Illinois University
11 Carbondale; in 1970, she received her Bachelor of Science
12 Degree in Business Education and was employed by Steeleville
13 Community Unit Schools; while teaching, she earned her Master's
14 Degree in Business Education in 1975 from SIU Carbondale; and
 
15     WHEREAS, For Steeleville Community Unit Schools, she
16 taught keyboarding to high school and grade school students,
17 Business English, Accounting I and II, clerical practice,
18 salesmanship, shorthand, information processing, and record
19 keeping; she also taught adult education keyboarding at John A.
20 Logan and a Business English class for SIU Carbondale; and
 
21     WHEREAS, Along with teaching at Steeleville, Mrs. Shannon
22 was an adviser for the following: Future Business Leaders of
23 America (FBLA), Pep Club, the Student Activity Board, the
24 Student Athletic Council, yearbook staff, and classes; while
25 yearbook adviser, the staff received the Golden Dozen Award
26 from the Southern Illinois School Press Association 9 years;
27 she has served as the adviser to 33 Southern Area FBLA
28 officers, 11 Illinois FBLA State officers, and many area,
29 state, and national competitive event winners from
30 Steeleville; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, In addition being an FBLA chapter adviser for 34
2 years, Mrs. Shannon served as the Illinois FBLA State Adviser
3 for 16 years and on the National FBLA-PBL Board of Directors
4 for 3 years; she is continuing to serve as the Illinois
5 FBLA-PBL State Chairman, a position that she has held for 4
6 years; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Mrs. Shannon's recognitions include the Mary E.
8 Webb Award for Outstanding Illinois FBLA Advisers, National
9 outstanding Local FBLA Adviser Award, southern Illinois
10 Business Teacher of the Year, Those Who Excel Classroom Teacher
11 Award of Merit, and Southern Illinois School Press Association
12 Adviser of the Year; and
 
13     WHEREAS, In 1971, she married Dan Shannon from Cisne, whom
14 she met as a student worker at Textbook Service at SIUC; Mr.
15 Shannon retired after 35 years of employment at SIUC where his
16 job duties included research, service, and teaching; he is
17 presently working part time with the SIU Center for Rural
18 Health and the Safety Center; and
 
19     WHEREAS, Mrs. Shannon will be retiring at the end of the
20 2003-04 school year; she feels blessed to have had such a
21 wonderful school district and community in which to spend her
22 teaching career; and; therefore, be it
 
23     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
24 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
25 congratulate Darlene M. Shannon on her retirement after many
26 years of dedication to the cause of education, and we wish her
27 good health and happiness in all her future endeavors; and be
28 it further
 
29     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
30 presented to Darlene M. Shannon as an expression of our respect
31 and esteem.