Full Text of HR0004 095th General Assembly
HR0004 95TH 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 honor Linda J. Crotchett, Jersey | 4 |
| County Clerk, on her retirement; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, Linda Crotchett was born on July 4, 1939 in Alton, | 6 |
| Illinois, to Dudley and Elizabeth Roth;
in 1957 she graduated | 7 |
| from Jersey Community High School and married Russell "Rip" | 8 |
| Crotchett; and
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| WHEREAS, She was appointed Deputy County Clerk under the | 10 |
| Administration of
Thomas A. Lock, County Clerk in 1958; at the | 11 |
| age of 22, she won the Republican nomination in the primary | 12 |
| election, defeating two primary opponents, and was elected | 13 |
| Jersey County Clerk in that general election; she was the | 14 |
| youngest elected county official in the State of Illinois and | 15 |
| the first woman ever elected to county office in Jersey County; | 16 |
| she was elected to 11 consecutive terms as county clerk and | 17 |
| holds the record as the Illinois county clerk with the longest | 18 |
| tenure; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, Her office motto shows her committment to the | 20 |
| people of Jersey County, "Happy to Meet you and Eager to Serve | 21 |
| You"; and
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| WHEREAS, Linda Crotchett has a long record of service to | 2 |
| the people of the State of Illinois, including 2 years with the | 3 |
| Illinois Tourism Council,
4 years as Treasurer of the Zone II | 4 |
| County Clerks & Recorders,
15 years on the State Board of | 5 |
| Elections Advisory Committee,
12 years as Chairman of the | 6 |
| County Clerk's Tax Manual Committee, and
20 years as a Member | 7 |
| of the County Clerk's Tax Manual Committee;
she served 22 years | 8 |
| on the Program Committee of the Illinois County Clerk's | 9 |
| Association; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, She served 35 years as a Local Government Lecturer | 11 |
| (Workshops, Training Sessions),
25 years as an instructor for | 12 |
| newly elected County Clerk's Training Seminars,
44 years as a | 13 |
| United States Passport Agent, appointed by the United States | 14 |
| State Department, and
40 years as Registrar of Births & Deaths, | 15 |
| appointed by the Illinois Department of Public Health; and
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| WHEREAS,
Her community activities include serving on the | 17 |
| 1964 Jersey County Quasqui-Centennial Committee, on the 1989 | 18 |
| Jersey County Sesquicentennial Committee, and the
1994 | 19 |
| Centennial and Historic Courthouse Celebration; she served as | 20 |
| the Chairman of the Jersey County Heart Fund, the Chairman of | 21 |
| the Jersey County Cancer Fund, as a member of the Jersey County | 22 |
| Salvation Army Service Board, as Chairman of the "Santa | 23 |
| Breakfast" Salvation Army Benefit, as Chairman of the "Kid's | 24 |
| Can Drive" Salvation Army Benefit, as a member of the After |
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| Prom Committee, and as a member of the Panther Athletic Club at | 2 |
| Jersey County High School and Student Government Day Host; and
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| WHEREAS, Linda Crotchett was the recipient of the | 4 |
| Chairman's Award from the River Bend Growth Association in 1995 | 5 |
| for her contributions to the Jersey County Courthouse History; | 6 |
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| WHEREAS, Linda Crotchett is the proud mother of Kristen | 8 |
| Brown, Janelle Platto, and Cathy Dawn Reynolds; she is the | 9 |
| doting grandmother of Emily, Molly, Lydia Witt, Alexis, Andrew | 10 |
| Platto, Reagan, and Walker Reynolds; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 13 |
| congratulate Linda Crotchett on her retirement as Jersey County | 14 |
| Clerk and wish her the best in the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to Linda Crotchett.
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