Bill Text: IL HR0606 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes Kim Armstrong on her commitment to the Peoria community and the State of Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-10-24 - Resolution Adopted [HR0606 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0606-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to recognize Kim Armstrong on her | ||||||
4 | commitment to the Peoria community and the State of Illinois; | ||||||
5 | and
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6 | WHEREAS, Kim Armstrong grew up in Peoria; she attended | ||||||
7 | Manuel High School and graduated from Bradley University in | ||||||
8 | 1980; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Kim Armstrong's involvement with Bradley | ||||||
10 | University includes the Alumni Center Planning Committee and | ||||||
11 | the Greek Alumni
Council; she is a member of Chi Omega and has | ||||||
12 | been a steadfast supporter, leader, and mentor
to many women | ||||||
13 | attending the university; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Kim Armstrong has been deeply involved with the | ||||||
15 | Bradley University Speech Team; a lifelong supporter of the | ||||||
16 | program that her father developed, she
has attended Bradley | ||||||
17 | University Speech Team performances, helped raise funds
for | ||||||
18 | trips, assisted in organizing the American Forensic | ||||||
19 | Association National
Individual Events Tournament, and spent | ||||||
20 | endless hours in her kitchen preparing
meals for hungry, and | ||||||
21 | very appreciative, undergraduate students; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Kim Armstrong has also volunteered with the OSF | ||||||
2 | Healthcare Angel Ball, the Public Arts Advisory Commission, the | ||||||
3 | Invictus
Woods Recovery Home, Sculpture Walk Peoria, and the | ||||||
4 | Peoria
Art Guild's award-winning Fine Art Fair; when Hurricane | ||||||
5 | Harvey hit Texas, she was there to donate blood to the Red | ||||||
6 | Cross;
and
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7 | WHEREAS, In 2007, Bradley University recognized Kim | ||||||
8 | Armstrong as a Bradley University Centurion; in 2017, the | ||||||
9 | university awarded her the Lydia Moss Bradley Award for | ||||||
10 | displaying outstanding service to the institution; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Kim Armstrong has always been concerned with the | ||||||
12 | education and welfare of others, especially youth and those | ||||||
13 | less fortunate; she is an advocate for diversity, inclusion, | ||||||
14 | equity, and fairness; therefore, be it
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15 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
16 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
17 | recognize Kim Armstrong on her commitment to the Peoria | ||||||
18 | community and the State of Illinois, and we thank her for her | ||||||
19 | efforts to make Peoria and the State of Illinois a better place | ||||||
20 | to live; and be it further
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21 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
22 | presented to Kim Armstrong as a symbol of our respect and |
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1 | esteem.
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