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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, In a small frame building on South Macoupin Street |
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| in Gillespie on November 22, 1905, the first issue of The |
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| Gillespie News appeared in print; and
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| WHEREAS, The original firm operated under the name of The |
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| Gillespie News Publishing Company, with S.P. Preston serving as |
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| editor and publisher; the first issues were a five-column, all |
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| home-printed paper until 1906, when new machinery was installed |
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| and the paper was enlarged to a six-column sheet; and
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| WHEREAS, Throughout the years, the publication has changed |
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| hands as well as names; today, it is the South County News |
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| owned and published by the Dave Ambrose family; and
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| WHEREAS, Since its inception, the News has led the county |
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| of Macoupin in progressive publishing operations, installing |
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| the first linotype in the area in 1911, and today being the |
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| only publication in the county that is fully designed on |
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| computer and transmitted electronically to the press; and
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| WHEREAS, Since 1996, the paper has been recognized for |
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| excellence a total of 53 times by the Southern Illinois Press |
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| Association and 38 times by the Illinois Press Association; and
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| WHEREAS, As a family-owned newspaper, a rarity in the |
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| industry, the South County News operates totally independent, |
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| which is another rarity; the 100th anniversary of the News was |
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| celebrated on November 22, 2005; 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 congratulate the staff and owners of the South County News |
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| on the occasion of the publication's 100th anniversary; and be |
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| it further
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