Bill Text: IL HR0871 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Frank and Sherry Avila on the occasion of their 50th anniversary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-12-02 - Resolution Adopted [HR0871 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0871-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Chicago-born Frank Avila met Peoria-born Sherry | ||||||
3 | Hooste at Esther Hall, a Methodist girls club, in Chicago in | ||||||
4 | 1961; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Frank Avila received his Bachelor's Degree in | ||||||
6 | Civil Engineering in January of 1961; Sherry Avila received her | ||||||
7 | Bachelor's Degree in Education in January of 1966 from the | ||||||
8 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Frank and Sherry Avila were married on November | ||||||
10 | 27, 1965 at the Broadway United Methodist Church in Chicago; | ||||||
11 | and
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12 | WHEREAS, From 1966 to 1968, Frank and Sherry Avila lived in | ||||||
13 | Tucson, Arizona, where Frank completed his Master's Degree in | ||||||
14 | Finance at the University of Arizona in 1968; for 48 of the 50 | ||||||
15 | years of their marriage, Frank and Sherry have lived in | ||||||
16 | Chicago; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Frank and Sherry Avila have been very blessed with | ||||||
18 | 3 wonderful children, Frank (Rachel), Quinn (Jackie), and | ||||||
19 | Audrey, and 2 wonderful grandchildren, Clarence and Thalia; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Frank Avila was the owner and operator of Avila & |
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1 | Associates, Inc., a consulting engineering company, for about | ||||||
2 | 27 years; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Together, Frank and Sherry Avila collected 17,000 | ||||||
4 | signatures to get Frank on the ballot as Commissioner of the | ||||||
5 | Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for | ||||||
6 | the third time; he finally won the third election in 2002, | ||||||
7 | followed by victories in his fourth election in 2008 and his | ||||||
8 | fifth election in 2014; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Frank Avila serves as Chairman of Finance on the | ||||||
10 | Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation | ||||||
11 | District of Greater Chicago, and he has received numerous | ||||||
12 | awards for his work; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Frank and Sherry Avila produced numerous CAN-TV | ||||||
14 | shows, including "Commissioner Frank Avila Speaks...", many TV | ||||||
15 | shows about the environment, and Sherry's "Avila Fine Arts" and | ||||||
16 | "Avila Making A Difference"; many of these shows are featured | ||||||
17 | on YouTube and other websites; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Frank and Sherry Avila have travelled together to | ||||||
19 | many places all over the world, including China, Russia, | ||||||
20 | Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain, Gibraltar, Costa Rica, Turkey, | ||||||
21 | the Canary Islands, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, the Dominican | ||||||
22 | Republic, Puerto Rico, and about 35 of the 50 U.S. states, |
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1 | including Hawaii and Alaska; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Frank and Sherry Avila celebrated their 50th | ||||||
3 | wedding anniversary with a trip to Belgium and the Netherlands; | ||||||
4 | and
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5 | WHEREAS, Frank and Sherry Avila shared the trials and | ||||||
6 | triumphs of five decades together with commitment, | ||||||
7 | perseverance, and unyielding strength; they attribute the | ||||||
8 | success of their marriage to sharing an intense love of family, | ||||||
9 | religion, laughter, education, health, the world, travel, and | ||||||
10 | the fine arts; therefore, be it
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11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
12 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
13 | congratulate Frank and Sherry Avila on the occasion of their | ||||||
14 | 50th anniversary on November 27, 2015 and wish them great | ||||||
15 | health and happiness in the future; and be it further
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16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
17 | presented to Frank and Sherry Avila as a symbol of our esteem | ||||||
18 | and respect.
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