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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 members of the 
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Antioch Lions Club on the 70th anniversary of the service 
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organization; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The Antioch Lions Club is celebrating seventy 
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years of service to the community of Antioch and the 
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surrounding area; the club was organized on July 16, 1937 under 
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the leadership of Edmund Vos; today the Antioch Lions Club 
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exceeds 120 members, making it one of the largest Clubs in the 
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State of Illinois; and

 
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    WHEREAS,  The objectives of the Antioch Lions Club are to 
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advance      the civic and general interest of the Village of 
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Antioch and
the Chain of Lakes Region, to uphold the principles 
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of good government, and to encourage the application of the 
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highest standards in business, commerce, and industry by the 
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exchange of ideas and methods; and

 
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    WHEREAS,
The Lions Club took the Antioch Rescue Squad under 
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its wing; the Rescue Squad was started in 1939 by three 
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volunteer firemen;  by 1946 the Rescue  Squad was struggling, 
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needing both manpower and funding; Lions Club members 
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volunteered to join the squad and began to  back the Rescue 
 


 






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Squad financially; in 1972 the Rescue Squad became the first 
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advanced life support unit with Paramedics to be certified in 
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the State of Illinois; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Each Thanksgiving and again at Christmas the Lions 
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Club distributes food baskets to needy families;
the Antioch 
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Lions Club has helped serve the needs of the visually impaired, 
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with thousands of dollars spent annually for eye examinations, 
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eye glasses, visual tech machines, guide dogs for the blind, 
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the eye research center, and institutions such as the Hadley 
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School for the Blind and CRIS Radio; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Two days each fall the Lions are out on street 
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corners for "Candy Days for Humanitarian Services"; candy sales 
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go to help the hearing impaired, the blind, people with 
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diabetes, drug abuse programs, and many other service areas; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, In addition, the Antioch Lions Club have donated 
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$20,000 to the Antioch Rescue Squad for their new truck 
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chassis; the Club donated $15,000 to the Antioch Centennial 
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Playground project for the purchase of wood chip safety ground 
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cover; the Club collects over 500 used eyeglasses annually that 
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are sent to the Lions of Illinois Foundation;
three truckloads 
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of food, clothing, and hygiene products were collected and 
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driven to the victims of Hurricane Katrina; and each year the  
 


 






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Antioch Lions award scholarships to Antioch students and have 
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done so for more than fifty years; 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 members of the Antioch Lions Club on their 
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celebration of seventy years of service; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the members of the Antioch Lions Club as a symbol 
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of our respect.