HR0839 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The Governor's Home Town Awards will be given out on November 27, 2007 at an awards banquet at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Springfield; and

WHEREAS, The City of Mascoutah will be receiving the Governor's Home Town Award for senior citizen involvement in the restoration of Espenschied Chapel; and

WHEREAS, Espenschied Chapel was built at the bequest of a generous local family in 1928; and

WHEREAS, Mascoutah Cemetery Chapel, Inc., a not-for-profit group, was formed by a group of concerned citizens in 1999 to save the chapel from demolition; and

WHEREAS, Mascoutah Cemetery Chapel, Inc. raised all the necessary funds - thanks to the generosity of the community - to restore the chapel to its original glory; and

WHEREAS, After much hard work and enthusiasm, the volunteers completed the restoration of the chapel; and

WHEREAS, Since its restoration, Espenschied Chapel has served as a cultural center in the community, hosting concerts and events on a regular basis; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate the City of Mascoutah and Mascoutah Cemetery Chapel, Inc. on receiving the 2007 Governor's Home Town Award; and be it further

RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be presented to the City of Mascoutah and Mascoutah Cemetery Chapel, Inc. as an expression of our esteem.