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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Senate were saddened to learn
3 of the death of Arlene J. Nick of Batavia, founder and
4 publisher of the Windmill Herald, the Sugar Grove Herald, and
5 the Blackberry Press weekly newspapers, on Friday, October 1,
6 1999; and
7 WHEREAS, She was born in Chicago on February 24, 1943,
8 the daughter of Herbert and Sarah "Sadie" Layland; she was
9 united in marriage to Sherman W. Nick in June of 1967; and
10 WHEREAS, She has been a room mother, Sunday school
11 teacher, youth leader, soccer mom, hockey mom, Brownie
12 leader, Girl Scout leader, and Batavia Boosters Club
13 volunteer; and
14 WHEREAS, She was active in the Batavia Council on Aging,
15 the Chamber of Commerce, the Downtown Task Force, the
16 American Cancer Society, the Batavia Easter Seals Telethon,
17 the Fox Hill board of directors, and the United Methodist
18 Church; and
19 WHEREAS, She was the first woman to join the Batavia
20 Rotary Club after the Supreme Court decided in 1987 that
21 women could be admitted to previously all-male organizations;
22 and
23 WHEREAS, She wrote a newspaper column for many years and
24 was the host of the "Windmill Talk and Kudos Forum" on
25 Batavia's BATV43 Cable channel; and
26 WHEREAS, The city dedicated its newest historic windmill,
27 built in 1891, to her on September 5, 1999; and
28 WHEREAS, Her mother, Sarah, preceded her in death in
29 March of 1992; and
30 WHEREAS, Her passing will be deeply felt by her family
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1 and countless friends, especially her husband, Sherman; her
2 son, David; her daughters, Tara Reed and Tiffany Green; her
3 sons-in-law, Marc Reed and Matt Green; her grandchildren,
4 Brandon and Taylor Reed and the grandchild she was expecting
5 in January; her step-daughter, Leslie Monroe; her
6 step-grandsons, Ryan, Matthew, Scott, and Alex Monroe; her
7 father and step-mother, Herbert and Betty Layland; her
8 brothers, Kit and Roger; her sister, Bonnie; her
9 sister-in-law, Barb; her best girlfriend, Nora Anderson; and
10 her sidekick, Kerry Bailey; therefore, be it
11 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
12 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we note with sorrow
13 and regret the death of Arlene J. Nick and extend our sincere
14 condolences to her family and friends; and be it further
15 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16 presented to her husband, Sherman Nick.