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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, On February 19, 2007, WILL-TV, the PBS affiliate 
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in Champaign, will broadcast "10 Sisters: A True Story"; and

 
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    WHEREAS, 10 Sisters is the true story of the 10 daughters 
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of Glen and Ruth Waggoner; after financial troubles and 
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disagreements led their parents to the Coles County Courthouse, 
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the sisters found themselves separated by the State; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The girls ended up in orphanages, in foster homes, 
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or with relatives, and they were forced to break with their 
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familiar surroundings; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In the past 65 years the sisters have reunited and 
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worked to regain their once close-knit lives; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The book "10 Sisters: A True Story" has one 
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chapter each for the sisters, each telling her own story of the 
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past and what has happened in the days and years since being  
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pulled apart; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The 10 sisters are Virginia Rackley, Deloris Hart 
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(deceased), Rhita Brniak, Mary Margaret Hickmott (deceased), 
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Irma Allen, Roberta Ariel, Phyllis Ferguson (deceased), Vera 
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Barber, Audrey Alford, and Doris Wenzel; therefore, be it

 
 


 






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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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thank WILL-TV for bringing this tragic story to life and wish 
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the sisters nothing but the best as they continue to restore 
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their family ties; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to producer Tim Hartin, producer/writer Alison Davis 
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Wood and the staff of WILL-TV, to Virginia Rackley, Rhita 
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Brniak, Irma Allen, Roberta Ariel, Vera Barber, Audrey Alford, 
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Doris Wenzel, and to the families of Deloris Hart, Mary 
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Margaret Hickmott, and Phyllis Ferguson.