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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Sarah Meisels on the
4occasion of her retirement as Director of the Wheaton Public
5Library on September 30, 2013; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Sarah Meisels has served as Director of the
7Wheaton Public Library for 35 years; she began her career at
8the Library in 1966 as a reference librarian; she subsequently
9served as Assistant to the Director before assuming the role of
10Director in 1978; and
 
11    WHEREAS, As Director, Sarah Meisels has guided the Wheaton
12Public Library through many significant technological changes
13while maintaining a collection of outstanding resources and
14providing many outstanding services to the people of Wheaton;
15under her direction, the Library has offered thousands of
16programs for every age group in the Wheaton area and has gone
17through a massive renovation project in 2007 that doubled the
18size of the library; and
 
19    WHEREAS, During Sarah Meisels' tenure as Director, the
20Wheaton Public Library was designated as one of the "Top Ten
21Libraries in the United States" in its population category and
22as the "Best of the West" library in the western suburbs of

 

 

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1Chicago; and
 
2    WHEREAS, The Friends of the Wheaton Library will host a
3community reception in honor of Sarah Meisels and her work at
4the Library on September 8, 2013; therefore, be it
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
6NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
7we congratulate Sarah Meisels on the occasion of her retirement
8and wish her continued success and happiness in the future; and
9be it further
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11presented to Sarah Meisels as a symbol of our esteem and
12respect.