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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, It is one of the privileges of the General |
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| Assembly to pay due honor and respect to persons who devote |
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| their lives to the protection and service of the general |
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| public; and
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| WHEREAS, Deputy Craig A. Dorwart of Waverly was killed in a |
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| traffic accident on April 5, 1994, while on duty as an |
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| undercover narcotics officer for the Morgan County Sheriff's |
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| Office; and
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| WHEREAS, Deputy Dorwart had served as a member of the |
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| Waverly Fire and Rescue Squad before becoming a Morgan County |
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| deputy on October 22, 1985; he always felt a duty to help those |
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| in need; and
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| WHEREAS, A section of Illinois Route 104 extends between |
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| Waverly and Jacksonville, the county seat of Morgan County; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE |
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| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the section of Illinois Route |
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| 104 between Waverly and Jacksonville be designated the Deputy |
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| Craig A. Dorwart Memorial Highway; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Department of Transportation is |
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| requested to erect, at suitable locations, consistent with |
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| State regulations, appropriate plaques or signs giving notice |
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| of the name; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
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| presented to the Secretary of the Illinois Department of |
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| Transportation, to Morgan County Sheriff James Robson, Jr., and |
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| to the family of Deputy Craig A. Dorwart.
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