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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS,  Senator N.  Duane  Noland  has  served  in  the
 3    Illinois  General Assembly since 1990, serving eight years in
 4    the House of Representatives and four years  in  the  Senate;
 5    and

 6        WHEREAS,  He  served  with  distinction and honor in both
 7    chambers, most recently being selected as Assistant  Majority
 8    Leader in the Senate; and

 9        WHEREAS,  He graduated from Blue Mound public schools and
10    the University of Illinois where  he  earned  a  Bachelor  of
11    Science degree in Agriculture Education/Economics; and

12        WHEREAS,  In  his  non-legislative  life,  Senator Noland
13    spends  many  hours  helping  farm   his   family's   seventh
14    generation centennial farm; and

15        WHEREAS,  Senator  Noland  also  works  as assistant vice
16    president/marketing specialist  with  Hickory  Point  Bank  &
17    Trust in Decatur; and

18        WHEREAS,  Senator  Noland  has  worked  to  ensure  state
19    government   lives   within   its  means,  promote  a  strong
20    agricultural economy while balancing the needs of  rural  and
21    urban  residents,  and  preserve quality of life through safe
22    schools legislation, tough anti-crime measures and  bills  to
23    help senior citizens remain independent; and

24        WHEREAS,  He has helped pass such significant legislation
25    for  our  rural  communities  as  the  ban   on   MTBE,   the
26    establishment  of  drummer silty clay loam as our state soil,
27    the AgriFIRST value-added agriculture incentives,  and  Route
28    51 expansion; and

29        WHEREAS, He is a board member for the American Red Cross,
30    a  former  board  member  of  the  Illinois  Farm Bureau, the
 
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 1    Illinois Corn Growers Association,  and  the  Lincoln  Trails
 2    Council  of  the  Boy  Scouts of America, and a member of the
 3    Millikin University Board of Trustees; and

 4        WHEREAS, He has been honored  by  numerous  organizations
 5    including  the  Illinois  Health Care Association, Baby Talk,
 6    Illinois Farm Bureau, ABATE, Jaycees, Chamber of Commerce for
 7    Decatur  and  Macon  County,   and   the   American   Soybean
 8    Association; and

 9        WHEREAS,  Senator  Noland  was  born  and  raised in Blue
10    Mound, Illinois where he met his wife, Tina  Beckett  Noland,
11    and  where  they  now  raise  their  sons  Grant  and  Blake;
12    therefore be it

13        RESOLVED  BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-SECOND GENERAL
14    ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,  that N. Duane Noland will
15    be sorely missed and that his colleagues  wish  him  all  the
16    best in his future endeavors; and be it further

17        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
18    presented to Senator N. Duane Noland and his family with  our
19    thanks for a job well done.