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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Dave Shaul of Champaign at the age of 75;
4and
 
5    WHEREAS, Dave Shaul attended Champaign public schools and
6was a winner of Illinois State High School Association speech
7competitions; he graduated from the University of Illinois in
81963; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Dave Shaul worked for 37 years as a television
10newsman at WCIA in Champaign, beginning in 1962; he was
11instrumental in WCIA opening bureaus in Springfield and
12Decatur; he began, and ended, his career with WDWS in
13Champaign; he oversaw the transition from film to videotape to
14live and satellite feeds; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Dave Shaul did play-by-play for Illinois
16basketball games; he promoted the Tom Jones Challenger League,
17sponsored by the Champaign-Urbana Kiwanis Club, and announced
18many of the games at AMBUCS Park in northeast Urbana; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Dave Shaul was honored with the Associated Press
20Mark Twain Lifetime Achievement Award; he was inducted into the
21Eastern Illinois University Hall of Fame and designated a

 

 

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1lifetime member of the Illinois News Broadcasters Association;
2therefore, be it
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL
4ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
5Dave Shaul, and extend our sincere condolences to his family,
6friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8presented to the family of Dave Shaul as an expression of our
9deepest sympathy.