Full Text of HR0572 94th General Assembly
HR0572 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Bill Holden, a 56 year-old teacher from Elgin, | 3 |
| became a die-hard Cubs fan after attending his first game at | 4 |
| Wrigley Field in 1957; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Holden received his teaching degree from | 6 |
| Southern Illinois University and has worked in the public | 7 |
| school system for the last 32 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Since relocating to Arizona, Mr. Holden has been | 9 |
| instrumental in helping and teaching diabetic children on | 10 |
| Indian Reservations; and
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| WHEREAS, Inspired by the film "This Old Cub", which | 12 |
| chronicles Ron Santo's lifelong battle with juvenile diabetes, | 13 |
| Mr. Holden decided to raise money for juvenile diabetes | 14 |
| research by walking from his home in Arizona to Wrigley Field; | 15 |
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| WHEREAS, Beginning on Tuesday, January 11, 2005, in Camp | 17 |
| Verde, Arizona, Mr. Holden began his walk across America to | 18 |
| raise $250,000 to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research | 19 |
| Foundation; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Holden has undertaken such tasks before, such | 21 |
| as in 1968, when he walked 330 miles from Carbondale to Chicago | 22 |
| to raise money for the USO, and in 1969, when he bicycled from | 23 |
| Carbondale to Washington, D.C., to celebrate Southern Illinois | 24 |
| University's centennial; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Holden completed his amazing journey on July | 26 |
| 1, 2005, by entering Wrigley Field from the entrance in right | 27 |
| field and stopping on home plate; he was given the additional | 28 |
| honor of joining with Ron Santo to throw out the first pitch of | 29 |
| the game between the Chicago Cubs and the Washington Nationals; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 4 |
| we congratulate Mr. Bill Holden on his accomplishment of | 5 |
| walking 2,100 miles across the United States of America to | 6 |
| raise $250,000 for juvenile diabetes research; and be it | 7 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to Mr. Holden as an expression of our respect and | 10 |
| esteem and with best wishes for success in all of his future | 11 |
| endeavors.
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