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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that the |
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| News-Progress will celebrate its 25th year of publishing in |
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| 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, The News-Progress came into its current |
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| incarnation in 1981, but its origins go back as far as |
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| September 12, 1857, with the establishment of the Sullivan |
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| Express under the direction of Editor and Publisher, James D. |
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| Moudy, becoming the first newspaper published within the |
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| borders of Moultrie County; the Sullivan Express would give way |
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| to the Sullivan Democrat and eventually to the Sullivan |
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| Progress; and
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| WHEREAS, The Moultrie County News began in 1884 by J. H. |
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| Dunscomb under the name the Sullivan News; Bob and Marion Best |
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| purchased the Moultrie County News in October 1961; the Bests |
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| purchased the Bethany Echo and the Findlay Enterprise in 1973, |
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| and then added the Sullivan Progress and Lovington Reporter in |
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| 1979; and
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| WHEREAS, These newspapers were combined in 1981 into the |
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| twice weekly News-Progress and became the only newspaper |
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| published within Moultrie County; in January 1996, the |
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| News-Progress returned to its current format of once-a-week |
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| publication; and
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| WHEREAS, The News-Progress and its predecessors have |
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| earned more than 175 awards from its peers in national, state, |
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| and regional contests over the past 37 years; 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 the 25th anniversary of the founding of the |
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| News-Progress and the 149 year history that brought about this |