Bill Text: IL HR0747 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Thanks Richard L. Barnett on his lifetime of service to his community.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-09-24 - Resolution Adopted [HR0747 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0747-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 thank Richard L. Barnett on his lifetime | ||||||
| 4 | of service to his community; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Richard Barnett was born in Chicago on March 27, | ||||||
| 6 | 1931; he married Grace in 1950 and they settled in North | ||||||
| 7 | Lawndale, where they raised 3 children, Jarmel, Annitria, and | ||||||
| 8 | Jeneria; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Richard Barnett worked at the United States Post | ||||||
| 10 | Office for 34 years, retiring in July of 1986; he taught at the | ||||||
| 11 | Marcy Center for 2 years and at Blessed Sacrament Elementary | ||||||
| 12 | School for 3 years; he was the Midwest District Roundtable | ||||||
| 13 | Chairman for 2 years, taught political education classes for | ||||||
| 14 | Operation Breadbasket/PUSH from 1969 to 1972, and was a member | ||||||
| 15 | of the Penn Elementary Local School Council from 1989 to 2000; | ||||||
| 16 | he taught urban politics for the Associated College of the | ||||||
| 17 | Midwest for 4 years; he was a 25-year member of the Independent | ||||||
| 18 | Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization and a | ||||||
| 19 | 30-year member of the Citizen Information Service-League of | ||||||
| 20 | Women Voters; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Richard Barnett worked with numerous politicians, | ||||||
| 22 | including judges, aldermen, congressmen, state senators, state | ||||||
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| 1 | representatives, and mayors, including Chicago Mayor Harold | ||||||
| 2 | Washington; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Richard Barnett founded the Jaguars Little League | ||||||
| 4 | baseball team in 1958, managing it to 1974; he was an assistant | ||||||
| 5 | coach for the Marlin Little League baseball team in Franklin | ||||||
| 6 | Park for 4 years; he was an assistant Boy Scout Master for 3 | ||||||
| 7 | years; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Since 1996, Richard Barnett has served as | ||||||
| 9 | Executive Board Member of the Windy City Youth Football League; | ||||||
| 10 | known as the Dolphins, the league consists of approximately 250 | ||||||
| 11 | boys and 50 cheerleaders in elementary school ages 5 to 14; | ||||||
| 12 | therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 14 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 15 | thank Richard L. Barnett on his lifetime of service to his | ||||||
| 16 | community and wish him many more successful years; and be it | ||||||
| 17 | further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to Richard Barnett as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 20 | respect.
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