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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, On December 26, 2006 the Centralia Sports Hall of
3 Fame will hold its annual banquet and induction ceremony; and
 
4     WHEREAS, This year's inductees include Ken Smudrick, known
5 as The Bull during his high school days; Ken was on the first
6 wrestling team at Centralia High School as well as the
7 undefeated Centralia High School football team of 1969; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Stan Vannier was a member of the 1972
9 cross-country team at Centralia High School; Stan finished
10 second at the State meet, and with his team captured South
11 Seven championships and a South Seven title; and
 
12     WHEREAS, The late G. Scott Jones was an official for the
13 Illinois High School Association; he was known throughout
14 Southern Illinois and the Midwest, calling three IHSA State
15 title games; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Phillip Venezia is receiving the VIP Award; for
17 over thirty-five years he has collected and kept records and
18 statistics on Centralia High School sports; he is also chairman
19 of the Centralia Sports Hall of Fame Committee; and
 
20     WHEREAS, The 1981 Centralia High School Baseball Team is
21 being inducted for going to the IHSA Class AA Elite Eight, one
22 of two Centralia Baseball teams to make it to this level of
23 State tournaments; therefore, be it
 
24     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
25 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
26 we congratulate the 2006 inductees of the Centralia Sports Hall
27 of Fame; and be it further
 
28     RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be

 

 

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1 presented to the 2006 inductees of the Centralia Sports Hall of
2 Fame or their designees.