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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Sheriff David Owens of McLean County has announced |
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| his retirement on December 1, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, David Owens is a life-long resident of McLean |
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| County, growing up in LeRoy; he and his wife, Bonnie, live in |
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| Bloomington and have two grown children and three |
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| grandchildren; and
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| WHEREAS, Sheriff Owens is a 1969 graduate of LeRoy High |
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| School; he earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Western |
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| Illinois University; and
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| WHEREAS, He joined the McLean County Sheriff's Department |
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| as a patrol deputy in 1974; he was promoted to the rank of |
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| Sergeant in 1979; while Sergeant, he was a Patrol Shift |
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| Commander, served as the supervisor in charge of the Criminal |
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| Investigations Division, and served as a Crime |
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| Prevention/Public Relations Officer; and
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| WHEREAS, He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1988; in this |
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| capacity he supervised the Patrol Division, the Court Security |
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| Detail, and the Communications Division of the Sheriff's |
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| Office; and
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| WHEREAS, He was first elected Sheriff in November of 1998 |
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| and was sworn in on December 1, 1998; he was re-elected in |
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| November of 2002 and sworn in for his second term on December |
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| 1, 2002; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we congratulate Sheriff David Owens on his retirement after |
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| thirty-three years of service to the people of McLean County |
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| and wish him continued success in his future endeavors; and be |