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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Judy Weber-Jones, who
4will retire from the teaching profession at the end of the 2016
5school year; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Judy Weber-Jones is a teacher at Gibson City
7Melvin Sibley High School in Gibson City; she has dedicated
8more than 30 years to teaching driver education to teenagers;
9and
 
10    WHEREAS, Through the efforts of Judy Weber-Jones,
11countless teenage lives have been saved; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Judy Weber-Jones was named to the Illinois High
13School and College Driver Education Association's Hall of Fame
14in 2007 and was named Teacher of the Year in 2016; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Judy Weber-Jones took up the cause of teen driver
16safety in 2005 when she initiated the nationally recognized
17Project Ignition Program at Melvin Sibley High School; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Judy Weber-Jones and her students have won
19numerous teen driver safety awards, including Project Ignition
20National Champion in 2005-2006; the Illinois Governor's People

 

 

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1Are Today's Hero Award in 2006; Rural Youth Traffic Safety
2National Champions in 2008; National Leader for Impact on Teen
3Driver Safety Award in 2010; National Leader in School Traffic
4Safety in 2011; General Motors and National Safety Council's
5Teen Driver Safety Leadership Award in 2012; and first place in
6the Illinois Department of Transportation's Operation Teen
7Safe Driving Program in 2014; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Judy Weber-Jones has been an inspiration and
9mentor to her students throughout the years by providing them
10with life lessons in addition to driver education; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Judy Weber-Jones' students state she has taught
12them how to "bring out the best" in themselves and others, that
13they have "never met a person more caring, kind, and giving to
14everyone", and that she has "forever changed" their lives;
15therefore, be it
 
16    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
17NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
18congratulate Judy Weber-Jones on the occasion of her
19retirement, thank her for her dedication to the education
20profession and her dedication to her students, and wish her
21continued success and happiness in the future; and be it
22further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to Judy Weber-Jones as a symbol of our esteem and
3respect.