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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The education of children, the future of our
3 country, is one of the most noble life pursuits an individual
4 can choose; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Karen Breunig is retiring after 30 years of
6 dedicated service in education; and
 
7     WHEREAS, She has taught at Nettle Creek since 1975 and is
8 the Head Teacher of Erienna School; she was the 1998-1999
9 Outstanding Educator for Nettle Creek School and the 2000
10 Sandwich recipient of the Studs Terkel Humanitarian Award; and
 
11     WHEREAS, She was named Grand Lady of Newark on July 4,
12 2000, and was Newarks of the World Chairman in 1997; she was on
13 the Sesquicentennial Committee for the Village of Newark in
14 1984 and 1985, for which she was an untiring Leadership
15 Committee Chairman; she served as the Philanthropic Education
16 Organization Treasurer from 2002 to 2004 and as the Charles B.
17 Phillips Library Board Secretary from 2003 to 2005; she was the
18 Sandwich Fair Association Gazebo Information Co-Chairman from
19 1993 to 2005 and the Sandwich Fair History Book Organizer in
20 2001; she has been the Christian Science Church Secretary and a
21 Charles B. Phillips Library Volunteer for many years; and
 
22     WHEREAS, For the past 30 years, Ms. Breunig has been some
23 one to count on; always there when students, other staff, her
24 family, and committees needed her; she has inspired others to
25 be better in their lives; throughout her career, she has come
26 to be known as generous, kind, old-fashioned, independent,
27 diplomatic, wise, humble, orderly, driven, a night-owl, and a
28 loving spirit; therefore, be it
 
29     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
30 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that

 

 

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1 we congratulate Karen Breunig on the occasion of her retirement
2 after 30 years of dedicated service at Nettle Creek, and we
3 honor her for her many accomplishments and devotion to
4 community; and be it further
 
5     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to Ms. Breunig as an expression of our deepest
7 respect and esteem and with best wishes for a relaxing
8 retirement.