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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Rotary is an organization of business and |
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| professional persons united worldwide to provide humanitarian |
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| service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and |
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| help build goodwill and peace in the world; and
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| WHEREAS, The object of Rotary is to encourage and foster |
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| the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise by |
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| demonstrating a commitment to the Four Avenues of Service: Club |
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| Service, Vocational Service, Community Service, and |
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| International Service; and
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| WHEREAS, The mottos of Rotary are "He Profits Most Who |
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| Serves Best" and "Service Above Self"; and
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| WHEREAS, Rotarians are committed to the 4-Way Test: "Of the |
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| things we think, say, and do" 1. It is the Truth? 2. Is it Fair |
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| to all concerned? 3. Will it build Goodwill and Better |
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| Friendships? 4. Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?; and
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| WHEREAS, The organizational meeting of the Macomb Rotary |
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| Club was held on December 5, 1919 at the Pace Hotel; and
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| WHEREAS, The Rotary Club of Macomb was chartered February |
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| 4, 1920; 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 recognize and congratulate the Rotary Club of Macomb on the |
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| occasion of its 85th anniversary on February 4, 2005 and extend |
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| our sincere appreciation to the Club for the fellowship, |
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| community service, and contributions it provides to the |
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| citizens of Macomb; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |