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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives wish to congratulate CassComm on the occasion 
4of its 125th year as a locally owned business; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, CassComm, previously known as the Cass Telephone 
6Company, was granted a franchise as the Virginia and Little 
7Indian Telephone Company in 1898; its first telephone wires  
8ran from the community of Little Indian to Virginia, Illinois; 
9the company's first construction wires were strung along 
10roadsides and attached to any stable device available; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, CassComm, a six-generation family business, was  
12founded by Edward J. and Ada Huff, the great-grandparents of 
13current Chairman of the Board Gerald E. Gill and the 
14great-great-grandparents of current President and CEO Gerald 
15Sam Gill II; and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, Casscom's Gerald Gill Sr. launched Cass Cable TV 
17in 1965, which offered 12 local channels in its coverage 
18areas; the business then took a chance on  54k dial-up Internet 
19access in 1996; the company and its board of directors made the 
20decision to pursue the broadband technology in 2018, changing 
21all of their coaxial cables to fiber optics; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, CassComm currently serves nine counties and 
2covers 32 communities with the latest in technology, and it 
3continues to support the communities it serves while 
4successfully maintaining a locally owned business; therefore, 
5be it
  
 
6    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
7HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
8we congratulate CassComm on its 125th year as a locally owned 
9business, and we wish the company continued success in the 
10years to come; and be it further
  
 
11    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
12presented to the CassComm Board of Directors as an expression 
13of our esteem and respect.