HR0601

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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly are 
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pleased to congratulate the  Faulstich family of Danville as 
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they celebrate the 75th anniversary of Faulstich Printing; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Fred Faulstich is  co-owner of Faulstich Printing 
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Company, and recalls there were once many print shops in 
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Danville and now Faulstich Printing, at 2001 E. Voorhees 
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Street, is one of a few commercial print shops left, as well as 
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the oldest; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Fred Faulstich, his brother, Bill, and their 
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cousin, Con Bateman, continue to run the print shop started by 
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their dad and Bateman's uncle, Paul, in 1932; the shop employs 
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11 full-time workers; for the first 15 years after the shop 
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opened, the elder Faulstich worked in tandem with Ed Tate, and 
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the business was called Tate-Faulstich Printing in the 1930s 
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and 1940s; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mike Bateman, the Faulstich brothers' uncle, was a 
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partner in the family business from 1957 until his death in 
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2004; Con, the late Mike Bateman's son, continues to work at 
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the print shop; Bill Faulstich started working at the print 
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shop in 1959, with Fred joining him in 1960;  Peggy Niccum, the 
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office manager, has been a fixture at the shop for 42 years; 
 


 






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and

 
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    WHEREAS, An "old-fashioned" 1965 Heidelberg press still is 
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used for jobs that entail die-cutting, but an even older 
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hand-fed press has been donated to Kennekuk County Preserve's 
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historic Bunker Hill area; the company uses soy ink, and most 
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of the paper is recycled; the majority of the jobs tackled 
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nowadays include full-color printing, soft and hardbound 
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books, newsletters, trade magazines, and advertising 
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literature.
The print shop has equipment that can "saddle 
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stitch" booklets and "perfect bind" paperback books; their 
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customers include local school districts and industries, as 
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well as customers from Champaign-Urbana, the East Coast, and 
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the Southwest; and

 
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    WHEREAS, the staff of Faulstich Printing is to be commended 
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for this anniversary occasion; 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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congratulate the staff of Faulstich Printing on the 75th 
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anniversary of the business; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 
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presented to Fred and Bill Faulstich and Con Bateman as a 
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symbol of our respect.