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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that the
3 News-Progress will celebrate its 25th year of publishing in
4 2006; and
 
5     WHEREAS, The News-Progress came into its current
6 incarnation in 1981, but its origins go back as far as
7 September 12, 1857, with the establishment of the Sullivan
8 Express under the direction of Editor and Publisher, James D.
9 Moudy, becoming the first newspaper published within the
10 borders of Moultrie County; the Sullivan Express would give way
11 to the Sullivan Democrat and eventually to the Sullivan
12 Progress; and
 
13     WHEREAS, The Moultrie County News began in 1884 by J. H.
14 Dunscomb under the name the Sullivan News; Bob and Marion Best
15 purchased the Moultrie County News in October 1961; the Bests
16 purchased the Bethany Echo and the Findlay Enterprise in 1973,
17 and then added the Sullivan Progress and Lovington Reporter in
18 1979; and
 
19     WHEREAS, These newspapers were combined in 1981 into the
20 twice weekly News-Progress and became the only newspaper
21 published within Moultrie County; in January 1996, the
22 News-Progress returned to its current format of once-a-week
23 publication; and
 
24     WHEREAS, The News-Progress and its predecessors have
25 earned more than 175 awards from its peers in national, state,
26 and regional contests over the past 37 years; therefore, be it
 
27     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
28 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
29 we recognize the 25th anniversary of the founding of the
30 News-Progress and the 149 year history that brought about this

 

 

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1 newspaper; and be it further
 
2     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3 presented to the News-Progress as an expression of our esteem
4 and gratitude.