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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The sports talk program Saturday Morning Sports |
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| Line, hosted by Jim Turpin and Loren Tate, is in its 25th year |
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| on radio station WDWS in Champaign; and
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| WHEREAS, Jim Turpin is a broadcasting legend who was the |
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| Voice of the Illini for 35 years; he has been with WDWS since |
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| 1980; he has brought many memorable University of Illinois |
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| football and basketball moments to his listeners and has been |
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| recognized as one of the nation's top collegiate sports |
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| broadcasters; and
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| WHEREAS, Loren Tate, a journalist whose coverage of |
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| Illinois athletics since the late 1950s is unparalleled, joined |
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| the News-Gazette as sports editor in 1966; he was the sports |
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| director at television station WICD for 11 years and the |
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| longtime analyst for Illini broadcasts; and
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| WHEREAS, Jim Turpin and Loren Tate bring Saturday Morning |
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| Sports Line listeners the latest sports news on the Illini; the |
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| program has drawn listeners, phone calls, and e-mails from |
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| virtually all over the world; and
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| WHEREAS, In the ever-changing world of radio, the 25th |
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| anniversary of a program is an outstanding achievement; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| commemorate the 25th anniversary of Saturday Morning Sports |
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| Line on radio station WDWS; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
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| presented to Jim Turpin and Loren Tate as an expression of our |
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| thanks for their many years of dedication to University of |