Full Text of HR0237 096th General Assembly
HR0237 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Harry Reynolds on | 4 |
| his retirement from the Mattoon Journal Gazette; and
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| WHEREAS, Harry Reynolds was born and raised in Charleston; | 6 |
| he attended Charleston High school and graduated from Eastern | 7 |
| Illinois University with a bachelor of science degree in | 8 |
| political science; he is married to Doris K.( Martin) and has | 9 |
| two children, J.L and Michelle; he also has two sisters, | 10 |
| Dorothy Cruse and Georgia Nations; two brothers, David Reynolds | 11 |
| and George Reynolds; and one grandson, Lennon; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Reynolds was hired as a reporter by the | 13 |
| Mattoon Journal Gazette on
February 5, 1969; he was a reporter | 14 |
| from 1969 to 1976; Mr. Reynolds received first place in | 15 |
| investigative reporting, second place for on-the-spot | 16 |
| reporting, and third place for his columns; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr.
Reynolds has written over 4,200 columns, | 18 |
| beginning in March of 1969; over the years he has received a | 19 |
| number of awards for his columns, which range from local, | 20 |
| State, and national politics, humor, family life, and a variety
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| of other topics; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1976, he was named city editor of the Mattoon | 2 |
| Journal Gazette; in 1989, he was named editor of the Journal | 3 |
| Gazette, serving in that position until 2003, when he was named | 4 |
| Opinions page editor of the Journal Gazette and its sister | 5 |
| newspaper, the Charleston Times-Courier;
State Representative | 6 |
| Bob Flider once worked as a reporter for the Mattoon Journal | 7 |
| Gazette with Mr. Reynolds and is a long-time friend; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Reynolds retired from the newspaper in | 9 |
| September of 2008; he has been working as a volunteer in the | 10 |
| Charleston office of State Representative Chapin Rose; Mr. | 11 |
| Reynolds is co-Scoutmaster of Mattoon Troop 77 and writes a | 12 |
| weekly column for the Tuscola Journal and the Tuscola | 13 |
| Tri-County newspaper; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 16 |
| congratulate Harry Reynolds on his retirement and wish him the | 17 |
| best in his future endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to Harry Reynolds as a symbol of our respect and | 20 |
| esteem.
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