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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS,  The  members   of   the   Illinois   House   of
 3    Representatives  wish to congratulate Fred Rakers of Aviston,
 4    Harold "Joe" Heinzmann of New Baden, Janice Wiegmann  of  New
 5    Baden,   and   Bishop   Stanley   Schlarman,  a  resident  of
 6    Belleville, all of whom will be inducted into the  Mater  Dei
 7    Hall of Honor on Saturday, May 10, 2003; and

 8        WHEREAS,  Mater  Dei  is  a diocesan Catholic High School
 9    built on traditions of honor, glory, and love; the school was
10    first opened in September of 1950; and

11        WHEREAS, Mr. Fred Rakers is a graduate of Mater Dei  High
12    School; during school he was a Student Council representative
13    his  sophomore  through senior years; he was also a member of
14    the Pep Club for  three  years;  he  began  teaching  in  the
15    Business  Department  at  Mater  Dei in 1968 and continues to
16    teach Consumer Issues and Study Skills, as well as  serve  as
17    class  adviser  for  the  present  junior  class; he has also
18    served in the Mater Dei  Guidance  Department  for  over  ten
19    year;  he  helped  students  with college preparation and has
20    helped organize fundraising activities; and

21        WHEREAS, Mr. Harold "Joe"  Heinzmann  has  been  involved
22    with  Mater Dei since his children started attending in 1967,
23    when he and his wife, Verla, enrolled the first of their four
24    children at Mater Dei; he has volunteered his services to the
25    needs of the Mater Dei community for the past  33  years;  he
26    continues  to be a member of the Fathers and Friends Club and
27    works the Bingo every six weeks; and

28        WHEREAS, Mrs. Janice Wiegmann is a 1968 graduate of Mater
29    Dei High School; her husband is also a Mater Dei  alum;  they
30    have four children, three of whom are Mater Dei graduates and
31    their   youngest,   Zachary,  is  a  current  freshman;  upon
32    graduation from Mater  Dei,  she  recevied  her  Bachelor  of
 
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 1    Science  in  Nursing  from  St.  Xavier  College in 1972, her
 2    Master of Science in Nursing from  St.  Louis  University  in
 3    1979,  and  a  Ph.D.  in nursing with a minor in Marriage and
 4    Family  Studies  from  St.  Louis  University  in  1998;  she
 5    currently holds a registered nurse license  in  Illinois  and
 6    Missouri; and

 7        WHEREAS,  Bishop  Stanley  G. Schlarman, former bishop of
 8    the Diocese of Dodge City, Kansas, became a religion  teacher
 9    at  Mater  Dei High School in August of 1959 while serving as
10    Assistant Pastor at St.  George  Parish,  New  Baden;  as  he
11    continued   his  pastoral  assignments  in  the  parishes  of
12    Carlyle, Aviston, Marydale, and  St.  Rose  he  served  as  a
13    teacher,  guidance  counselor and principal at Mater Dei High
14    School; therefore, be it

15        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
16    NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
17    we congratulate Fred Rakers, Harold "Joe"  Heinzmann,  Janice
18    Wiegmann,  and  Bishop Stanley Schlarman for their service to
19    Mater Dei High School and on their induction into  the  Mater
20    Dei Hall of Honor; and be it further

21        RESOLVED,  That  suitable  copies  of  this resolution be
22    presented to each individual as an expression of our  respect
23    and esteem.