Full Text of HR1124 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate
Stanley D. Banash "Tex" on | 4 | | the publication of his third book, Roadside
History of Illinois | 5 | | (Mountain Press, 2013); and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Roadside History of Illinois is the first book in | 7 | | more than 30 years to focus on the
history of the State; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Roadside History of Illinois is designed to | 9 | | educate and guide motorists and
tourists along old U.S. | 10 | | highways, State roadways, and county roads to the people, | 11 | | places, and
events that contributed to the State's historic | 12 | | development; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Roadside History of Illinois highlights the 7 | 14 | | regions of the State - Southern
Illinois: Between the Great | 15 | | Rivers; Western Illinois: Utopia on the Prairie; Central | 16 | | Illinois:
Lincoln's Legacy; Eastern Illinois: More than You | 17 | | Expect; Northern Illinois: Rock River and
Beyond; Greater | 18 | | Chicagoland: Metropolitan Diversity; and Chicago: City of | 19 | | Neighborhoods; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Roadside History of Illinois provides more than | 21 | | 125 historic and modern images and features over 250 cities, |
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| 1 | | towns, and villages; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Roadside History of Illinois includes a special | 3 | | introduction by the late Dee Brown,
author of the | 4 | | internationally acclaimed book, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, | 5 | | and a former
agriculture librarian at the University of | 6 | | Illinois at Champaign-Urbana; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Roadside History of Illinois has been praised by | 8 | | former U.S. Senator Adlai E.
Stevenson III and Chief Deputy | 9 | | Director of the Illinois State Archives Wayne C. Temple, Ph.D.; | 10 | | and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Stan Banash retains a great love of Illinois, | 12 | | Civil War, and Old West history that
began at an early age and | 13 | | continues to this day; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Stan Banash served 4 years in the United States | 15 | | Air Force (Strategic Air
Command), graduated from Northwestern | 16 | | University with a Bachelor of Philosophy degree in
Political | 17 | | Science (1968), and graduated from Roosevelt University with a | 18 | | Master of Arts degree
in Urban Studies (1972), and owned and | 19 | | operated a home-based public relations, association
| 20 | | management, and political consulting business (1972-2014); and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Stan Banash served as an administrative assistant |
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| 1 | | for press relations to Lt. Gov. Neil F. Hartigan (1973-1974) | 2 | | and served as Executive Director of the Illinois Law Revision
| 3 | | Commission (1976-1984); and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Stan Banash authored more than 10 feature articles | 5 | | for various national and local
publications and reviewed more | 6 | | than 30 books for national publications; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Stan Banash authored 2 earlier books - Best of Dee | 8 | | Brown's West (Clear Light,
1998) and Dee Brown's Civil War | 9 | | Anthology (Clear Light, 1998); and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Stan Banash became knowledgeable about a | 11 | | life-saving maneuver after attending
a private luncheon with | 12 | | Dr. Henry Heimlich, who devised the Heimlich Maneuver to save a
| 13 | | person's life when choking and brought the maneuver to the | 14 | | attention of State Rep. Ralph C.
Capparelli, who authored the | 15 | | legislation in 1976 and again in 1977 to make it mandatory for | 16 | | all
eating establishments in Illinois to display a poster that | 17 | | explains the life-saving procedure on
choking victims as | 18 | | devised by Dr. Henry Heimlich; the legislation became law on | 19 | | January 1,
1978 and, since then, Stan Banash has been called | 20 | | upon to use the Heimlich Maneuver 3
times, thereby, saving the | 21 | | lives of 3 people; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Stan Banash wrote the speech delivered by Billy |
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| 1 | | Williams of the Chicago Cubs
during his induction into the | 2 | | National Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York on July
| 3 | | 26, 1987; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The speech also included the previously unknown | 5 | | information that former
Baseball Commissioner Albert B. | 6 | | "Happy" Chandler overruled the league's 15 owners who
earlier | 7 | | opposed the entry of Jackie Robinson into the National League, | 8 | | to bring Jackie Robinson
up to the Brooklyn Dodgers; if | 9 | | Commissioner Chandler had not taken the action when he did,
| 10 | | Jackie Robinson would not have broken the color barrier in | 11 | | 1947; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Stan Banash has been an active member of his | 13 | | community, serving as Secretary (1985-1987) and
President | 14 | | (1988-1994) of the Edison Park Chamber of Commerce, Chairperson | 15 | | of the 41st Ward Zoning
Advisory Board (1993-2011), established | 16 | | by 41 Ward Aid. Brian
Doherty, and Sheriff of the | 17 | | Westerners-Chicago Corral (1996-2001); and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Stan Banash is a member of the Western Writers of | 19 | | America, Society of Midland
Authors, Western History | 20 | | Association, Westerners-Chicago Corral, Westerners | 21 | | International,
and American Legion Edison Park Post 541; | 22 | | therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we congratulate Stanley D. Banash on the release of his third | 4 | | book, Roadside History of Illinois, wish him continued success | 5 | | in his writing and in his efforts to further the history of | 6 | | Illinois among its residents, and we wish him happiness in the | 7 | | future; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to Stanley D. Banash as a
symbol of our esteem and | 10 | | respect.
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