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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are pleased to congratulate Mr. Jack L. 
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Scheper,
"Mr. WHCO 1230 Radio",
on his retirement after 48 
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years as general manager of WHCO Radio in  Sparta; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Jack Scheper hosted the longest continuous 
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running radio talk show in the nation with his guest host and 
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listener call-in program titled "The People Speak" from 1961 
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through 2009; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Jack Scheper was born on January 20, 1931 in 
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Chicago; he attended the University of Missouri in Columbia, 
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Missouri; he worked under Mr. J. C. Penney with the JC Penney 
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Corporation in Cape Girardeau, Missouri in 1950 and later 
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worked at Goetting Department Stores in New Jersey; he served 
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his country with a stint in the United States Air Force, 
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stationed in Germany from 1950 to 1954; and

 
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    WHEREAS, From 1958 to 1960 he started in broadcasting with 
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KFVS Radio/TV in Cape Girardeau; in 1961 he became General 
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Manager of WHCO Radio in Sparta; for about five years Jack 
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managed both WHCO and KFMO Radio; Jack Scheper was the first 
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President of the Sparta Chamber of Commerce, Civil Defense 
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Director in Sparta for 40 years, head of the Sparta Rotary 
 


 






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Club, Easter Seals Coordinator for many years, and was head of 
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the Sparta Area NAACP; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was nominated to numerous Federal 
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Communications Commission committees over his career and was 
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also nominated for the prestigious Marconi Award; in 2006 Jack 
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was named the Spartas Citizen of the Year; and

 
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    WHEREAS, His greatest loves are his three children, Linda 
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Ruth, Jack Lee, and John Leslie; his other great passions are 
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the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Bears; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Jack Scheper on his retirement and wish him the 
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best in all his future endeavors; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Jack Scheper as a symbol of our respect.