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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Macauley | ||||||
| 4 | G. "Mackie" Nicholes, who passed away on July 22, 2013; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Macauley Nicholes was born on March 31, 1943 in | ||||||
| 6 | Lowell, Massachusetts; his parents were Robert Gilliland | ||||||
| 7 | Nicholes and Clair Macauley Nicholes; he married Roxanna Buse | ||||||
| 8 | in 1968 in Mason City; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Macauley Nicholes graduated from Easley High | ||||||
| 10 | School in Easley, South Carolina; he subsequently attended | ||||||
| 11 | Chowan College in Murfreesboro, North Carolina, where he played | ||||||
| 12 | football and earned his Associate of Arts degree, and Bethel | ||||||
| 13 | College in McKenzie, Tennessee, where he earned his Bachelor of | ||||||
| 14 | Science degree; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, After college, Macauley Nicholes began his | ||||||
| 16 | teaching career in Atlanta, Georgia before moving to positions | ||||||
| 17 | in Chicago and Lake Ridge, Indiana; he and his wife taught in | ||||||
| 18 | northern Indiana for 3 1/2 years before moving to Harrisburg in | ||||||
| 19 | 1972 to open a Monical's Pizza Restaurant, which was later | ||||||
| 20 | renamed "Mackie's Pizza"; and | ||||||
| 21 | WHEREAS, Shortly after moving to Harrisburg, Macauley | ||||||
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| 1 | Nicholes went to the local radio station and offered to | ||||||
| 2 | broadcast the high school games; with the help of his good | ||||||
| 3 | friend and mentor, Bill Franks, he purchased WEBQ (Rock 100), | ||||||
| 4 | which enabled him to broadcast many games and sports shows, | ||||||
| 5 | including SIU basketball and Illinois Football with Dick | ||||||
| 6 | Butkus; during this time, he also served as director of the | ||||||
| 7 | Illinois Broadcasting Association; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, In the early 1980's, Macauley Nicholes traded WEBQ | ||||||
| 9 | for WSIL-TV, which he owned with 3 partners; after the TV | ||||||
| 10 | business was sold, he opened Thunderbird Travel, which was | ||||||
| 11 | later renamed Saluki Travel; during this time, he traveled | ||||||
| 12 | extensively, visiting over 100 countries all over the world; | ||||||
| 13 | and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Macauley Nicholes was a member of the Harrisburg | ||||||
| 15 | Lodge No. 325 Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons and the | ||||||
| 16 | Harrisburg Rotary Club for over 40 years; in 2012, he received | ||||||
| 17 | the Paul Harris Fellow Award; he was also a member of First | ||||||
| 18 | Presbyterian Church of Harrisburg and served as a director on | ||||||
| 19 | the Southern Illinois College Foundation Board for several | ||||||
| 20 | years; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Macauley Nicholes enjoyed sports, playing | ||||||
| 22 | basketball, football, baseball, and golf, and announcing games | ||||||
| 23 | on the radio; and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Macauley Nicholes was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 2 | twin brother, Gilliland Macauley Nicholes, and his parents, | ||||||
| 3 | Robert and Claire; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Macauley Nicholes is survived by his wife, | ||||||
| 5 | Roxanna; his sons, Robbie Nicholes and Martin (Whitney) | ||||||
| 6 | Nicholes; his daughter, Nancy (Rick) Owen; his beloved | ||||||
| 7 | grandchildren, Hampton Macauley Owen, Frankie Leigh Nicholes, | ||||||
| 8 | and Quincy Roxanna Nicholes; and his loyal dogs, Biscuit and | ||||||
| 9 | Muffin; therefore, be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 11 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 12 | we, along with his family and friends, mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 13 | Macauley G. "Mackie" Nicholes; and be it further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 15 | presented to the family of Macauley Nicholes as an expression | ||||||
| 16 | of our sympathy.
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