Bill Text: IL HR0819 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates John "Sam" Vancil on his retirement from the DuQuoin Community Unit School District #300 Board of Education and recognizes him as the longest continuous School Board member in the State of Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-02-14 - Resolution Adopted [HR0819 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0819-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 John "Sam" Vancil | ||||||
| 4 | on his retirement from the DuQuoin Community Unit School | ||||||
| 5 | District #300 Board of Education; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Sam Vancil is the longest, continuous School Board | ||||||
| 7 | member in the State of Illinois, and served the DuQuoin | ||||||
| 8 | community for 58 years; he organized the Sunfield Grade School | ||||||
| 9 | District Board in 1958, which consolidated into the Duquoin | ||||||
| 10 | District #300 School Board in 1968; he served in many | ||||||
| 11 | positions, including President, Vice President, and Secretary; | ||||||
| 12 | he retired on June 1, 2017; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Sam Vancil was born on a homestead in Sunfield to | ||||||
| 14 | Miles and Annabelle Vancil on June 21, 1931; one of three boys, | ||||||
| 15 | he attended Sunfield Grade School and graduated from DuQuoin | ||||||
| 16 | High School; he served as a radar technician in the United | ||||||
| 17 | States Army during the Korean War and was stationed in Texas | ||||||
| 18 | and Washington; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Sam Vancil married Dorothy Elaine Timpner on | ||||||
| 20 | August 9, 1952, and they recently celebrated their 65th wedding | ||||||
| 21 | anniversary; they have five children, Deborah, David, Dennis, | ||||||
| 22 | Darryl, and Denise, nine grandchildren, and 16 | ||||||
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| 1 | great-grandchildren; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, After his military service, Sam Vancil took over a | ||||||
| 3 | farming operation from his uncles; he worked as a shovel | ||||||
| 4 | operator at Burning Star #2 for 37 years; he then accepted a | ||||||
| 5 | position with the Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals, | ||||||
| 6 | where he served as Assistant Director until his retirement 12 | ||||||
| 7 | years later; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Sam Vancil played an instrumental role in the | ||||||
| 9 | construction of the District's new K-8 School complex in 1999 | ||||||
| 10 | and the new DuQuoin High School, which was completed in 2012; | ||||||
| 11 | and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Sam Vancil is an active member of the Sunfield | ||||||
| 13 | United Methodist Church, where he is a member of the choir, a | ||||||
| 14 | Chairperson on the Church Council, and a Sunday School teacher; | ||||||
| 15 | he helped complete the capital project, which raised money to | ||||||
| 16 | build a new church, fellowship hall, and parsonage; therefore, | ||||||
| 17 | be it
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| 18 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 19 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 20 | congratulate John "Sam" Vancil on his retirement from the | ||||||
| 21 | DuQuoin Community Unit School District #300 Board of Education | ||||||
| 22 | and we recognize his strong commitment to the Sunfield and | ||||||
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| 1 | DuQuoin communities, his decades of hard work, and his | ||||||
| 2 | dedication to the to the future generations of Illinois; and be | ||||||
| 3 | it further
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| 4 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 5 | presented to Sam Vancil as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 6 | respect.
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