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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate the people of
4 Cicero as they celebrate the town's sesquicentennial year; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Cicero is an incorporated town in Cook County;
6 Cicero is named for the town of Cicero, New York, which in turn
7 was named for Marcus Tullius Cicero, the Roman orator; and
 
8     WHEREAS, In 1857 fourteen settlers met to organize a local
9 government, which became the town of Cicero; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Cicero has won the Governor's Home Town Award five
11 times, including an award for the Cicero Youth Commission and
12 their work overseeing the lessening of youth crime in the
13 community; and
 
14     WHEREAS, The 1980s and 1990s saw a heavy influx of Hispanic
15 (mostly Mexican and Central American) residents to Cicero;
16 Cicero was mainly a Czech or Bohemian town at one time; Cicero
17 most recently is seeing a new influx of residents, mostly
18 Puerto Rican and Polish; it has also has seen a revival in its
19 commercial sector, with many stores and businesses moving into
20 the community; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Cicero has claimed the right to be called the
2 hometown of author Ernest Hemingway; Ernest Hemingway was a
3 Nobel Prize winner in literature and was the author of such
4 works as The Old Man and the Sea and For Whom the Bell Tolls;
5 and
 
6     WHEREAS, Cicero residents remember when the town was
7 centered around Western Electric Company, which employed
8 40,000 people, more than the population of the community; the
9 company closed its doors in 1983; and
 
10     WHEREAS, The town has always been known for quality
11 schools, wonderful parks, and a great community library;
12 therefore, be it
 
13     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
14 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
15 congratulate the people of Cicero on this sesquicentennial year
16 and wish them the best in the future; and be it further
 
17     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
18 presented to Larry Dominick, Town President, as a symbol of our
19 respect.