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91_HR0471

 
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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, It has come to the attention of this  Body  that
 3    Judy  Mann  has  announced  her retirement as Director of the
 4    Iron Oaks Environmental Learning  Center  in  Olympia  Fields
 5    after twenty years of service to the park; and

 6        WHEREAS, A longstanding goal of Judy Mann, to build a new
 7    headquarters and classroom building at the park, will finally
 8    be started right after she leaves; and

 9        WHEREAS,  In the two decades she has been with Iron Oaks,
10    she has witnessed the park's use grow from 3,000  people  who
11    participated  in  its  programs each year to more than 25,000
12    people; and

13        WHEREAS, She is a member of the IPRA,  the  Environmental
14    Education  Association  of  Illinois, the National Recreation
15    and Park Association,  the  North  American  Association  for
16    Environmental  Education,  and  the  South  Suburban Park and
17    Recreation Professional Association; and

18        WHEREAS, She received the Take Pride in America Award  in
19    1987  and the LAWCON Take Pride in America Award in 1990; she
20    was named to the Who's Who in American Education in 1992; and

21        WHEREAS, In her years with the park, Judy Mann has earned
22    the respect and admiration of all who have come to know  her;
23    therefore, be it

24        RESOLVED,   BY   THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
25    NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,  that
26    we  congratulate Judy Mann as she retires as Director of Iron
27    Oaks Environmental Learning Center  and  thank  her  for  the
28    service she has given over the years; and be it further

29        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
30    presented to Judy Mann as a token of our esteem.

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