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HR0329 - 104th General Assembly
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives with to congratulate Bill Breedlove on being | ||||||
| 4 | selected as the 2025 Outstanding Citizen by the Kewanee | ||||||
| 5 | Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Club; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, Bill Breedlove, the son of 1996 Outstanding | ||||||
| 7 | Citizen recipient Robert Breedlove, is a graduate of Kewanee | ||||||
| 8 | High School and Monmouth, College where he played football for | ||||||
| 9 | the Fighting Scots; and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, Bill Breedlove has been involved in not only | ||||||
| 11 | running the family business, Breedlove's Sporting Goods, but | ||||||
| 12 | also working with numerous schools, groups, and organizations, | ||||||
| 13 | including organizing youth sports programs such as football, | ||||||
| 14 | wrestling, and volleyball; and | ||||||
| 15 | WHEREAS, Bill Breedlove founded the Kewanee Duathlon, in | ||||||
| 16 | addition to working with school organizations, and has been | ||||||
| 17 | co-race director of the Hog Day Stampede for 30 years as well | ||||||
| 18 | as co-race director for the Kewanee Hardcore Run; and | ||||||
| 19 | WHEREAS, Bill Breedlove was a charter member of the | ||||||
| 20 | Kewanee High School Athletic Hall of Fame and currently sits | ||||||
| 21 | on its board; he was part of the Kewanee football stadium | ||||||
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| 1 | committee that upgraded the facility to one of the finest in | ||||||
| 2 | the area; and | ||||||
| 3 | WHEREAS, Bill Breedlove has been honored by Abilities | ||||||
| 4 | Plus, Kewanee YMCA, Salvation Army, the Illinois Athletic | ||||||
| 5 | Directors Association, and many others for his service; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, Bill Breedlove is married to LaJean, and the | ||||||
| 7 | couple have three grown children, Cal, Maddie, and Jack; Cal | ||||||
| 8 | is currently following in his father's footsteps by running | ||||||
| 9 | Breedlove's Sporting Goods online presence; and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, A community recognition banquet will be held in | ||||||
| 11 | honor of Bill Breedlove; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 13 | HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 14 | we congratulate Bill Breedlove on being selected as the 2025 | ||||||
| 15 | Outstanding Citizen and cherish the many years of service that | ||||||
| 16 | he has dedicated to his community; and be it further | ||||||
| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to Bill Breedlove as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 19 | respect. | ||||||