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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives wish to congratulate the Calumet City Lions 
4Club as it celebrates its 75th year of community service; and
 
5    WHEREAS, The Calumet City Lions Club was chartered on 
6October 16, 1939; it is part of Lions Clubs International,
the 
7world's largest service organization with more than 1.3 million

8members worldwide; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Since its founding, the Calumet City Lions Club 
10has collected in excess of $1.5 million to
assist the blind, 
11visually handicapped, deaf, and hearing impaired, in addition 
12to
many other worthy local community projects; and
  
 

  
13    WHEREAS, 21 club members have been recognized as Melvin 
14Jones Fellows, the
highest honor in Lionism, and 3 members have 
15served as Governor of District
1-A, home of the Lionism 
16movement that was started in downtown Chicago in
1917; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, Current club members, both male and female, range 
18in age from 22 to
98, and, as a group, have accumulated more 
19than 1,000 years of service as Lions; therefore, be it
  
 
20    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
 
 
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1NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
2congratulate the
members of the Calumet City Illinois Lions 
3Club on their admirable achievements
of service and their 75th 
4year of community service; and be it further
  
 
5    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
6presented to the Calumet
City Lions Club as a symbol of our 
7esteem and respect.