HR1643 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to congratulate Reverend David Engbarth of Aurora for being selected as the 2008 Kane County Citizen of the Year; and

WHEREAS, Reverend David Engbarth is the second recipient of the Roscoe Ebey Citizen of the Year Award, which was named for an 83-year-old World War II veteran who was murdered at his home in May of 2007; and

WHEREAS, Reverend David Engbarth has had a long history of service in the Aurora religious community; he first served the Aurora community in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when he served at Holy Angels Catholic Church on Aurora's west side; finding a calling in 1981, he asked to be relocated to a Hispanic-based parish; in 1993, he relocated to the St. Nicholas Catholic Church; he currently serves as pastor of Our Lady of Good Counsel Church; and

WHEREAS, Reverend David Engbarth and pastor Dan Haas, of Aurora Community Church, co-founded the Prayer Coalition for Reconciliation, a group that holds prayer vigils for victims of violence in Aurora; he has also served as a volunteer chaplain at the Kane County Jail, where he visited inmates about once a month; and

WHEREAS, Reverend David Engbarth's serves as a model of piety, compassion, and commitment for the people of the State of Illinois; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Reverend David Engbarth for being selected as the 2008 Kane County Citizen of the Year and wish him continued success and happiness in his future endeavors; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Reverend David Engbarth as a symbol of our esteem and respect.