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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The Governor's Home Town Awards will be given out
3 on November 27, 2007 at an awards banquet at the Crowne Plaza
4 Hotel in Springfield; and
 
5     WHEREAS, The City of Mascoutah will be receiving the
6 Governor's Home Town Award for senior citizen involvement in
7 the restoration of Espenschied Chapel; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Espenschied Chapel was built at the bequest of a
9 generous local family in 1928; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Mascoutah Cemetery Chapel, Inc., a not-for-profit
11 group, was formed by a group of concerned citizens in 1999 to
12 save the chapel from demolition; and
 
13     WHEREAS, Mascoutah Cemetery Chapel, Inc. raised all the
14 necessary funds - thanks to the generosity of the community -
15 to restore the chapel to its original glory; and
 
16     WHEREAS, After much hard work and enthusiasm, the
17 volunteers completed the restoration of the chapel; and
 
18     WHEREAS, Since its restoration, Espenschied Chapel has
19 served as a cultural center in the community, hosting concerts

 

 

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1 and events on a regular basis; therefore, be it
 
2     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
4 congratulate the City of Mascoutah and Mascoutah Cemetery
5 Chapel, Inc. on receiving the 2007 Governor's Home Town Award;
6 and be it further
 
7     RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
8 presented to the City of Mascoutah and Mascoutah Cemetery
9 Chapel, Inc. as an expression of our esteem.