Bill Text: IL SR0557 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Dave Shaul of Champaign.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-31 - Resolution Adopted [SR0557 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR0557-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of Dave Shaul of Champaign at the age of 75; | ||||||
4 | and
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5 | WHEREAS, Dave Shaul attended Champaign public schools and | ||||||
6 | was a winner of Illinois State High School Association speech | ||||||
7 | competitions; he graduated from the University of Illinois in | ||||||
8 | 1963; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Dave Shaul worked for 37 years as a television | ||||||
10 | newsman at WCIA in Champaign, beginning in 1962; he was | ||||||
11 | instrumental in WCIA opening bureaus in Springfield and | ||||||
12 | Decatur; he began, and ended, his career with WDWS in | ||||||
13 | Champaign; he oversaw the transition from film to videotape to | ||||||
14 | live and satellite feeds; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Dave Shaul did play-by-play for Illinois | ||||||
16 | basketball games; he promoted the Tom Jones Challenger League, | ||||||
17 | sponsored by the Champaign-Urbana Kiwanis Club, and announced | ||||||
18 | many of the games at AMBUCS Park in northeast Urbana; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Dave Shaul was honored with the Associated Press | ||||||
20 | Mark Twain Lifetime Achievement Award; he was inducted into the | ||||||
21 | Eastern Illinois University Hall of Fame and designated a |
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1 | lifetime member of the Illinois News Broadcasters Association; | ||||||
2 | therefore, be it
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3 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
4 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
5 | Dave Shaul, and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | ||||||
6 | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
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7 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
8 | presented to the family of Dave Shaul as an expression of our | ||||||
9 | deepest sympathy.
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