Full Text of SR0216 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Sandy Frick is retiring from the Waltonville | 3 | | Community Unit School District #1 Board of Education after | 4 | | serving 24 years, including 18 years as school board | 5 | | president; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Sandy Frick was born to Eva and Paul Allen in | 7 | | Bonnie; she has a sister, Debbie Smith, and a brother, Mike | 8 | | Allen; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Sandy Frick graduated from Waltonville High | 10 | | School in 1978 and was extremely active in FFA and athletics; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Sandy Frick married Marvin Frick, also a | 13 | | Waltonville High School graduate, on August 24, 2001; they | 14 | | have one son, Jacob, who graduated from Waltonville High | 15 | | School in 2020; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, After graduating from high school, Sandy Frick | 17 | | accepted a position with the USDA Farm Service Agency where | 18 | | she has worked for over 42 years; she has held a number of | 19 | | positions with the Farm Service Agency over the years and | 20 | | today serves as the executive director of the USDA Jefferson | 21 | | County Farm Service Agency; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Not only has Sandy Frick's career included her | 2 | | position with the USDA but she has also assisted her husband | 3 | | with their family farm; a labor of love, she and her husband | 4 | | have worked in partnership to operate Frick Farms; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Sandy Frick has served on many school board | 6 | | committees over the years, including the Building and Finance | 7 | | Committee, the Policy Committee, and the Franklin Jefferson | 8 | | Special Education Committee; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Sandy Frick played an instrumental role in the | 10 | | renovation of the Waltonville High School gymnasium in 2014; | 11 | | she has also worked tirelessly to raise funds for many | 12 | | improvements in the district; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Sandy Frick has been an active member of the | 14 | | Waltonville FFA Alumni Association where she has served as the | 15 | | treasurer for many years; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Sandy Frick and key members of the Waltonville | 17 | | FFA Alumni Association established a scholarship program for | 18 | | the Waltonville FFA members; to fund this scholarship program, | 19 | | she formulated the Waltonville FFA Alumni Pork Chop Dinner and | 20 | | Raffle, which she has spearheaded for over 20 years; since its | 21 | | inception, this scholarship program has provided nearly a |
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| 1 | | hundred thousand dollars in scholarships to Waltonville FFA | 2 | | seniors in pursuit of higher education; a testament to the | 3 | | impact that this program has had on the community is the number | 4 | | of former students and FFA members who return to Waltonville | 5 | | to assist with school and community functions; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Sandy Frick has also served as a member of | 7 | | Waltonville's Parent Teacher Organization; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Sandy Frick has been a strong supporter of | 9 | | Waltonville Spartan athletics and even served as the high | 10 | | school cheerleading sponsor; she also supported the formation | 11 | | of Waltonville High School's Illinois Youth and Government | 12 | | chapter and hosted fundraisers to support the chapter; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Sandy Frick has been committed to Waltonville | 14 | | Community Unit School District #1; her decades of hard work | 15 | | and dedication to the future generations of Illinois are | 16 | | something to be admired; she exemplifies what it means to be a | 17 | | Spartan; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare April 22, | 20 | | 2021 as Sandy Frick Commemoration Day to acknowledge her | 21 | | career in public service as well as her work within her | 22 | | community and to wish her the best in retirement; and be it |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to Sandy Frick as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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