Bill Text: IL SR0870 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulates Arles Hendershott Love on being inducted into Illinois State University School of Communications, TV-10 Hall of Fame.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2024-04-12 - Resolution Adopted [SR0870 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SR0870-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
congratulate Arles Hendershott Love on being inducted into
Illinois State University School of Communications, TV-10 Hall
of Fame; and
WHEREAS, Arles Hendershott Love graduated from Illinois
State University in 1979, which celebrates the 50th
anniversary of its broadcasting program in April 2024; and
WHEREAS, Arles Hendershott Love has worked as reporter,
photographer, producer, and assignment editor; she was named
news director at WIFR in 1986, a time when less than 5% of news
directors in the country were female; she became community
relations director for WIFR and Benedek Broadcasting in 1997;
and
WHEREAS, Arles Hendershott Love served as the state
coordinator for the Radio Television Digital News Association
from 1989 to 1993 and 1995 to 1996; she was on the Associated
Press Illinois Advisory Board from 1989 to 1992, serving as
president from 1991 to 1992; and
WHEREAS, Arles Hendershott Love regularly lectured to
writing and broadcasting classes at Northern Illinois

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University and Rock Valley College from 1986 to 1997; and
WHEREAS, Arles Hendershott Love's community work includes
serving in leadership positions on many community boards; she
developed a telethon for the Rockford Rescue Mission at WIFR,
which is now in its 27th year and has raised over three million
dollars, and she produced a telethon while at WIFR for the
restoration of Rockford's historic Coronado Theater that
raised over $200,000 in one night; she chaired the American
Heart Association HeartWalk and oversaw its growth from
raising $20,000 a year to over $100,000; she coordinated the
donation of a Children's TV studio to the Discovery Center
Museum in Rockford; she developed a coat drive for the
Rockford Salvation Army that collects and distributes
thousands of coats each year, mostly to children, a drive that
has continued for over 25 years; and
WHEREAS, Arles Hendershott Love became the development
director at Milestone in 2005, the largest provider of
services to children and adults with developmental
disabilities in Northern Illinois; after 18 years on the job,
over $24 million dollars had been raised; and
WHEREAS, Arles Hendershott Love's legislative involvement
includes successfully lobbying for the AED/Good Samaritan Law
in Illinois, working on several pieces of legislation designed

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to help the disabled community, lobbying for funding for
disability services, and lobbying for a military designated
license plate in Illinois for the U.S. Coast Guard; and
WHEREAS, Arles Hendershott Love has received numerous
awards and recognitions throughout the years, including the
1986 A.P. Award for Best Spot News Coverage Downstate T.V.
State of Illinois, the 1986 JayCees Presidential Award of
Honor for Community Service, the 1989 Special Olympics Media
Appreciation Award for State of Illinois, the 1991 YWCA Leader
Luncheon Award for Outstanding Professional Woman of the Year,
the 1992 A.P. Advisory Board Presidential Service Award, and
the 1995 Rockford Area Crimestoppers of the Year; in 1998, she
received the On the Waterfront Weekend Warrior Award, the
Winnebago/Boone American Heart Association Volunteer Service
Award, and the Rock River Valley United Way Volunteer Award;
she received the 2000 Distinguished Service Award
Winnebago/Boone Counties American Heart Association and the
2001 American Red Cross Outstanding Service Award; she
received the 2003 Alpine Kiwanis Touch A Life Award for
Outstanding Community Service, the 2008 Rockford Rescue
Mission Volunteer Service Award, and the 2009 RAMP United Way
Volunteer of the Year; she was also awarded the Lifescape
Community Services Golden Star Award for Volunteer Support;
and

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WHEREAS, Arles Hendershott Love was appointed to the
Illinois State University School of Communications Advisory
Board and was named the School of Communications Homecoming
Honored Alumni in 2021; and
WHEREAS, Arles Hendershott Love has been listed in
Outstanding Young Women in America, Who's Who in the Midwest,
Who's Who in Entertainment, Who's Who in America, Who's Who of
American Women, and the America's Registry of Outstanding
Professionals; and
WHEREAS, Arles Hendershott Love has remained committed to
Illinois State University; she funds a scholarship each year
for TV-10 students and visits the campus on a regular basis to
mentor students; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Arles
Hendershott Love on being inducted into Illinois State
University School of Communications, TV-10 Hall of Fame; and
be it further