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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate Ruth Badal of the
4Oswego Public Library District Board on the occasion of her
5retirement; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Ruth Badal has been an Oswego area resident for 50
7years and an Oswego Public Library Trustee for 12 years; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Ruth Badal was first elected to the Oswego Public
9Library District Board in 1999; she names the construction of
10the Montgomery Campus Library and the remodel of the Oswego
11Campus Library as two events that were important to her while
12she was on the board; and
 
13    WHEREAS, The library district includes the Village of
14Oswego, most of the Village of Montgomery, part of the Village
15of Plainfield, Boulder Hill, Oswego Township, and the parts of
16Bristol and Wheatland Townships within the Oswego School
17District; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Ruth Badal is quoted as saying that the library is
19"the most important institution we have in the entire town.
20It's open to everybody-and it's for everybody"; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Ruth Badal has a natural love for books and
2reading, as witnessed through her work as a reading specialist
3at Long Beach Elementary School in Boulder Hill and East View
4Elementary School; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Ruth Badal served as a principal of Boulder Hill
6Elementary School, Coultrap Elementary School in Geneva, and
7River Woods Elementary School in Naperville; and
 
8    WHEREAS, For the past 5 years, Ruth Badal has worked at
9Aurora University in the Masters of Arts in Reading program,
10teaching people to become reading specialists; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Ruth Badal hopes to continue her community service
12in San Antonio, Texas, where she is moving along with her
13husband to be close to one of her children; therefore, be it
 
14    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
15NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
16we congratulate Ruth Badal on her retirement and wish her all
17the best in her future endeavors; and be it further
 
18    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
19presented to Ruth Badal as a symbol of our respect and esteem.