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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to recognize the 20th anniversary of the
4Grayslake Area Public Library District; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Voters of the Grayslake Area Public Library
6District approved a referendum for the construction of a new
7library on November 2, 1993; a groundbreaking ceremony was held
8on April 12, 1995 and earth-moving equipment went to work that
9August; and
 
10    WHEREAS, The new library opened its doors and welcomed
11patrons on January 6, 1997; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Students from High School District 127 decorated
13the new TeenSpace in 2008; a new floor was created out of thin
14air in the Youth Services Preschool Area when the light well
15was closed up in 2010; the light well over the lobby was closed
16up in 2014, again creating more space in the Youth Services
17Department; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Kent's Place, named in memory of lifelong library
19user and longtime Library Trustee Kent Rich, was dedicated in
202014; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, The library building's flexibility will continue
2to enable the Grayslake Area Public Library District to adapt
3to new services and collections for the next 20 years;
4therefore, be it
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
6HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
7recognize the 20th anniversary of the Grayslake Area Public
8Library District and we wish it many more years of success; and
9be it further
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11presented Roberta Thomas, Director of the Grayslake Area Public
12Library District.