Full Text of HR1384 95th General Assembly
HR1384 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Boonsom Hartman of | 4 |
| Oak Forest on running two marathons in each of the fifty | 5 |
| states; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2003, Park Forest Running and Pancake Club | 7 |
| member Boonsom "Lipstick Lady" Hartman ran a marathon in every | 8 |
| state in the nation, and also Washington D.C.; reaching this | 9 |
| goal took eleven years; and
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| WHEREAS, On June 23, 2007, she reached this plateau a | 11 |
| second time when she completed her 150th marathon at the | 12 |
| Mayor's Midnight Sun Marathon in Anchorage, Alaska, becoming a | 13 |
| second time finisher in the 50 States & D.C. Marathon Group | 14 |
| U.S.A., only the 31st person ever to make that distinguished | 15 |
| list, and the first person to achieve this from the State of | 16 |
| Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, She ran her first marathon on October 25, 1992, in | 18 |
| the City of Chicago, and has run eleven straight Chicago | 19 |
| marathons; and
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| WHEREAS, She is followed in the marathon by her husband, | 21 |
| Scott, who drives a van and encourages her by playing music; he |
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| meets her at the 25th mile marker, carrying her lipstick, which | 2 |
| she pauses to apply; and
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| WHEREAS, In addition to the Park Forest Running and Pancake | 4 |
| Club, she is a member of the 50 States Marathon Club, the 100 | 5 |
| Marathon Club North America, the 50 States & D.C. Marathon | 6 |
| Group U.S.A., and the Marathon Maniacs; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 9 |
| congratulate Boonsom "Lipstick Lady" Hartman of Oak Forest on | 10 |
| running two marathons in each of the fifty states and wish her | 11 |
| continued success as she continues to run marathons across the | 12 |
| nation; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to Boonsom Hartman as a symbol of our respect.
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