Full Text of HR1222 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The City of Neoga began a citywide beautification | 3 | | project three years ago to make
the community a more beautiful | 4 | | place to live; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Residents began planting flowers, pulling weeds, | 6 | | and picking up trash on city
clean-up days as part of the | 7 | | beautification process; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Citizens strongly supported the creation of a | 9 | | veterans memorial in addition to
placing memorial signs around | 10 | | the city honoring current military personnel; a committee was | 11 | | formed to research, design, and fund the new memorial; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, The chosen design for the memorial included a | 13 | | walking path design with handicap accessible walkways
between | 14 | | granite tablets, etched with the names of more than 1000 | 15 | | veterans dating back to the
Civil War; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Over the course of two years, volunteers were able | 17 | | to raise $62,000 to build the
memorial by holding various | 18 | | fundraisers, including fish frys, bake sales, cookouts, | 19 | | raffles, Jeep
runs, 50/50 drawings, breakfasts, t-shirts, sign | 20 | | and flag sales, and aluminum can collections; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In addition to the support received from the | 2 | | veterans who served this great country, the memorial project | 3 | | would not have been possible without the support of many | 4 | | organizations, including the Neoga Veterans Memorial | 5 | | Committee, the Neoga
City Council, the Neoga Park Board, the | 6 | | engineering expertise of Milano and Grunloh, Bartel's
| 7 | | Construction, Pyramid Marble, the local Girl Scouts, and the | 8 | | Modern Woodmen Group, and numerous area businesses and | 9 | | community members who generously donated to the fundraising | 10 | | efforts; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 13 | | congratulate the City of
Neoga on its successful effort to | 14 | | build a veterans memorial; and be it further | 15 | | RESOLVED, That we declare May 25, 2016 as Neoga
Veterans | 16 | | Memorial Committee Day in the State of Illinois; and be it | 17 | | further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the Neoga Veterans
Memorial Committee.
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