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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, Aledo, Illinois has become famous for the annual 
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Rhubarb Festival; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Darlene Johnson is the founder of the Rhubarb 
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Festival, she started the festival in 1990 in her kitchen, with 
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50 people in attendance; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The Festival has grown, today attracting from 
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10,000 to 15,000 people who come to sample and test rhubarb 
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dishes, buy pies, and celebrate all that is rhubarb; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 2006, people attended the Festival from over 19 
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states, including Hawaii and Japan; 2,078 homemade rhubarb pies 
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were sold during the Festival; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The 2006 Festival generated $28,145 for Aledo's 
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civic organizations and churches that were a part of the 
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Festival; and
 
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    WHEREAS, The Festival has captured media attention, with 
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features in several newspapers and magazines, as well as on 
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television and radio; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The Aledo Rhubarb Festival centers around two 
 


 






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goals, family fun and the promotion of the community; this 
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year's festival will be held June 2nd; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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proclaim Aledo as the Rhubarb Capital of the Illinois; and be 
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it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Darlene Johnson, founder of the Rhubarb Festival.