Full Text of HR0947 093rd General Assembly
HR0947 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 30 |
| presented to Darlene M. Shannon as an expression of our respect | 31 |
| and esteem.
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