Bill Text: IL HR0613 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Audria Thomas-Huntington on the occasion of her 80th birthday.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2009-10-14 - Resolution Adopted [HR0613 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR0613-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Audria | ||||||
| 4 | Thomas-Huntington on the occasion of her 80th birthday on | ||||||
| 5 | September 15, 2009; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Audria Thomas-Huntington attended Pipe Shop | ||||||
| 7 | Elementary School and Dumbar Elementary School in Bessemer, | ||||||
| 8 | Alabama; she graduated from Arthur Harold Parker Vocational | ||||||
| 9 | High School in Birmingham, Alabama; she then earned her | ||||||
| 10 | bachelor's degree in vocational home economics from Alabama A&M | ||||||
| 11 | University and her master's degree from Northern Illinois | ||||||
| 12 | University; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Audria Thomas-Huntington had a long and | ||||||
| 14 | distinguished career in education; during her 44 years of | ||||||
| 15 | dedicated service, she taught in grades 2 through college level | ||||||
| 16 | in such places as Dixons Mills, Alabama, the Phyllis Wheatley | ||||||
| 17 | YWCA in Atlanta, Georgia, and various Chicago Public Schools; | ||||||
| 18 | she also taught at the Office of Equal Education Opportunity, | ||||||
| 19 | the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center School, the Cook | ||||||
| 20 | County Jail, the Illinois Training Schools for Girls in Geneva, | ||||||
| 21 | and the First Cataract School in Chicago; and
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| 22 | WHEREAS, Audria Thomas-Huntington has received numerous | ||||||
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| 1 | awards and certificates from many civic and educational | ||||||
| 2 | organizations, including the American Correctional | ||||||
| 3 | Association, the College Park Maryland Illinois Branch, the | ||||||
| 4 | Governor of Alabama, the Chicago Department of Aging, Girls and | ||||||
| 5 | Boys Town, the National Silver Haired Congress, the World's | ||||||
| 6 | Who's Who of Women, the International Who's Who of | ||||||
| 7 | Intellectuals, and the International Register Profile; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Audria Thomas-Huntington has served as | ||||||
| 9 | Chairperson for the CDOA Senior Citizen's Advisory Council; she | ||||||
| 10 | was the chair of the 34th Legislative District's Senior | ||||||
| 11 | Advisory Council and the vice-president of the National Silver | ||||||
| 12 | Haired Congress; she is also a member of the Old St. Patrick | ||||||
| 13 | Roman Catholic Church and a life member of the Alabama A&M | ||||||
| 14 | University Alumni Association; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Audria Thomas-Huntington is the loving mother of | ||||||
| 16 | Shirley Thomas, the grandmother of Angela Thomas, and the | ||||||
| 17 | great-grandmother of Royal Charles, Victoria Charles, Joel | ||||||
| 18 | Charles, and Sarai Charles; therefore, be it
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| 19 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 20 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 21 | congratulate Audria Thomas-Huntington on the occasion of her | ||||||
| 22 | 80th birthday and wish her many more happy and healthy years to | ||||||
| 23 | come; and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to Audria Thomas-Huntington as a symbol of our esteem | ||||||
| 3 | and respect.
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