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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
3 State of Illinois are honored to recognize Herman Calvert of
4 Olney when he turns 80 on October 14, 2006; and
 
5     WHEREAS, He was born in 1926 and spent the 1930's growing
6 up in Jasper County along the Embarras River; he was drafted
7 into the United States Army in 1950, earning two bronze stars
8 while serving in both North and South Korea; in 1953 he
9 returned to Jasper County where he began a life of farming and
10 raising cattle; and
 
11     WHEREAS, He is known nationwide for his collection of Model
12 T Ford cars and his passion of collecting antiques; he would
13 enter his restored 1916 Model T Ford in the annual Newport,
14 Indiana, Hill Climb winning it in both 1977 and 1978; and
 
15     WHEREAS, In July 2003, he stood on the 38th parallel that
16 separates North and South Korea for the 50th anniversary of the
17 cease-fire that ended the war; and
 
18     WHEREAS, Friends will gather to celebrate the historic life
19 of this true war hero on October 14, 2006; therefore, be it
 
20     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
21 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
22 we congratulate Herman Calvert on the occasion of his 80th
23 birthday, and we extend our sincere best wishes for the future;
24 and be it further
 
25     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
26 presented to him as an expression of our esteem.