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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are pleased to congratulate the people of 
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Cicero as they celebrate the town's sesquicentennial year; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Cicero is an incorporated town in Cook County; 
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Cicero is named for the town of Cicero, New York, which in turn 
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was named for Marcus Tullius Cicero, the Roman orator; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 1857 fourteen settlers met to organize a local 
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government, which became the town of Cicero; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Cicero has won the Governor's Home Town Award five 
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times, including an award for the Cicero Youth Commission and 
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their work overseeing the lessening of youth crime in the 
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community; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The 1980s and 1990s saw a heavy influx of Hispanic 
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(mostly Mexican and Central American) residents to Cicero; 
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Cicero was mainly a Czech or Bohemian town at one time; Cicero 
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most recently is seeing a new influx of residents, mostly 
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Puerto Rican and Polish; it has also has seen a revival in its 
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commercial sector, with many stores and businesses moving into 
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the community; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Cicero has claimed the right to be called the 
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hometown of author Ernest Hemingway; Ernest Hemingway was a 
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Nobel Prize winner in literature and was the author of such 
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works as The Old Man and the Sea and For Whom the Bell Tolls; 
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and
 
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    WHEREAS, Cicero residents remember when the town was 
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centered around Western Electric Company, which employed 
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40,000 people, more than the population of the community; the 
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company closed its doors in 1983; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The town has always been known for quality 
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schools, wonderful parks, and a great community library; 
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therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate the people of Cicero on this sesquicentennial year 
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and wish them the best in the future; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Larry Dominick, Town President, as a symbol of our 
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respect.