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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Wilbert "Webb" Eastham is retiring from the | ||||||
| 3 | Waltonville Community Unit School District #1 Board of | ||||||
| 4 | Education after serving for 19 years; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Webb Eastham was born in Washington, Pennsylvania | ||||||
| 6 | to Donna and William Eastham; he graduated from Waltonville | ||||||
| 7 | High School in 1981, where he was an active member of FFA and a | ||||||
| 8 | member of the basketball and baseball teams; he attended Rend | ||||||
| 9 | Lake College, where he played baseball; he married Lori | ||||||
| 10 | (Morss) Eastham, a Waltonville High School graduate, in | ||||||
| 11 | December 1985; they have one daughter, Sophie, a Waltonville | ||||||
| 12 | High School graduate and current student attending the St. | ||||||
| 13 | Louis College of Pharmacy; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Webb Eastham has held a number of positions while | ||||||
| 15 | working for Truck Centers, LLC for 35 years; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Webb Eastham has served on many school board | ||||||
| 17 | committees over the years, including the Policy Committee and | ||||||
| 18 | the Franklin Jefferson Special Education Committee; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Webb Eastham played an instrumental role in the | ||||||
| 20 | construction of the Waltonville Community Unit School District | ||||||
| 21 | #1's outdoor concession facility and pavilion; he donated | ||||||
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| 1 | hundreds of hours to build the interior of the structure, | ||||||
| 2 | which saved the district thousands of dollars; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Alongside another community member, Webb Eastham | ||||||
| 4 | established the Spartan Golf Scramble in an effort to raise | ||||||
| 5 | funds for the purpose of issuing scholarships to Waltonville | ||||||
| 6 | student athletes; he has spearheaded this successful event for | ||||||
| 7 | 25 years, which has provided thousands of dollars in | ||||||
| 8 | scholarships to Waltonville FFA student athletes in pursuit of | ||||||
| 9 | higher education; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Webb Eastham has always been a strong supporter | ||||||
| 11 | of Waltonville Spartan athletics; he has served as the coach | ||||||
| 12 | for several teams, including the boys grade school basketball | ||||||
| 13 | team, the boys high school golf team, and the boys and girls | ||||||
| 14 | cross country teams; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Webb Eastham's commitment to Waltonville | ||||||
| 16 | Community Unit School District #1 and his decades of hard work | ||||||
| 17 | and dedication to the future generations of Illinois are | ||||||
| 18 | admirable; he exemplifies what it means to be a Spartan; | ||||||
| 19 | therefore, be it
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| 20 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 21 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare April 22, | ||||||
| 22 | 2021 as Webb Eastham Day in the State of Illinois; and be it | ||||||
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| 1 | further
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| 2 | RESOLVED, That we acknowledge Wilbert "Webb" Eastham's | ||||||
| 3 | accomplishments and his years of service, and we wish him all | ||||||
| 4 | the best in retirement; and be it further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 6 | presented to Webb Eastham as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 7 | respect.
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