Full Text of HR1369 96th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate William Garth, Sr. | 4 | | for awarding college scholarships to black youth for 18 years | 5 | | and congratulate the staff of the Citizen newspaper for serving | 6 | | the black community for 45 years; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, William Garth, Sr. currently serves as publisher | 8 | | and CEO of the Chicago Citizen Newspaper Group and Garthco, | 9 | | Inc.; he is also the Founder/Chairman of the QBG Foundation; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, William Garth, Sr. began his career with the | 12 | | Citizen Newspaper in 1969 as an advertising sales | 13 | | representative under the leadership of former Congressman Gus | 14 | | Savage; in 1980, he purchased the Chatham Citizen, South End | 15 | | Citizen, and Chicago Weekend; he later added the South Suburban | 16 | | and the Hyde Park editions and founded Garthco Publications, | 17 | | which published PUSH Magazine, a bi-monthly national | 18 | | publication; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Under the direction of William Garth, Sr., Citizen | 20 | | Newspapers has a total circulation of 121,000 and a weekly | 21 | | readership of over 400,000; the newspapers' circulation areas | 22 | | cover Chicago's South and West sides, as well as the South |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, William Garth, Sr. is the first black person to be | 3 | | elected President of the Illinois Press Association, the | 4 | | state's largest newspaper association and the office trade | 5 | | organization for Illinois' weekly and daily newspapers, and the | 6 | | second black person in the nation to be elected president of a | 7 | | statewide press association; he currently sits on the Board of | 8 | | Government Affairs Committee of the Illinois Press Association | 9 | | and has served as a board member for 15 years; he was elected a | 10 | | stockholder in the Cook County South Suburban Publishers | 11 | | Association; his business savvy and knowledge in the publishing | 12 | | industry allowed him to also serve as Chairman of the Midwest | 13 | | Black Publisher Association; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, In December of 1998, William Garth, Sr. received | 15 | | the honor of being appointed to Governor-elect George Ryan's | 16 | | Transition Team; in appreciation of his role and the support | 17 | | shown during the election, Governor-elect Ryan appointed him to | 18 | | the Board of Directors for the Illinois Inauguration 1998, | 19 | | Inc.; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, In 1995, William Garth, Sr. founded the Quentis | 21 | | Bernard Garth (QBG) Foundation in memory of his youngest son, | 22 | | Quentis B. Garth, to provide scholarships to the | 23 | | disenfranchised, college-bound youths of the Chicagoland area; |
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| 1 | | to date, the Foundation has helped 36 students realize their | 2 | | dream of becoming college graduates and has underwritten the | 3 | | education of 49 students, with 11 scholars currently enrolled | 4 | | in colleges and universities across the country; the QBG | 5 | | Foundation has disbursed close to $1 million in scholarship | 6 | | awards; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, William Garth, Sr. is well known among his peers | 8 | | as a dedicated activist and leader in the business community; | 9 | | he serves in numerous positions within several business | 10 | | organizations, including Chairman of the Chatham Business | 11 | | Association, President of Midwest Region III of the National | 12 | | Newspaper Publishers Association, Vice-Chairman of Advertising | 13 | | with the National Newspaper Publishers Association, member of | 14 | | the Transition Team for IDOT's Dan Ryan Project, board member | 15 | | of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, member of the Far Southside | 16 | | Business Association, and member of the NAACP, the Chatham | 17 | | Lions Club of Chicago, and the Association of Black | 18 | | Journalists; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, William Garth, Sr. has received numerous awards | 20 | | and honors from both local and national organizations; he also | 21 | | served as a carrier of the Olympic Torch in Chicago during the | 22 | | 2002 Torch Relay; therefore, be it
| 23 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| 1 | | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 2 | | congratulate William Garth, Sr. for awarding college | 3 | | scholarships to black youth and congratulate the staff of the | 4 | | Citizen newspaper for serving the black community for over 45 | 5 | | years; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to William Garth, Sr. as a symbol of our esteem and | 8 | | respect.
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