Full Text of HR0957 99th General Assembly
HR0957 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize the 50th anniversary of the | 4 | | founding of the Mahomet Public Library; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The Mahomet Public Library was founded in 1966, | 6 | | starting out with 3,000 books, art prints, and phonograph | 7 | | records; today, it has over 36,500 books,
2,500 DVDs, 3,500 | 8 | | music CDs and audiobooks, and more than 30,000 digital titles | 9 | | available through membership in various
consortia; it has | 10 | | expanded from one room on Main Street to a new, | 11 | | 13,000-square-foot facility that also provides a meeting place | 12 | | for the
community; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The Mahomet Public Library grew out of the efforts | 14 | | of a local women's club in the mid-1960s; in January of 1966, | 15 | | members of the Mahomet Town & Country Club - precursor to | 16 | | today's Town & Country Womens Club - formed a committee to | 17 | | explore the possibility of establishing a library; the first | 18 | | Mahomet Township Library opened its doors to the public on
| 19 | | October 1, 1967; the first year's operating budget was a modest | 20 | | $9,600, plus $4,100 for facility costs; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Ruby Goode was hired as the first librarian in | 22 | | 1968, replacing interim librarian Charles Dawson; she was |
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| 1 | | followed by Paula Emmons in 1977 and Nan
Goodell - the | 2 | | library's first full-time director - in 1980; current Library | 3 | | Director Lynn Schmit has occupied her position for more than | 4 | | half of the library's history, joining the library in 1988; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, In the fall of 1981, the library moved into a | 6 | | 4,000-square-foot building at 512 E. Main (now headquarters for
| 7 | | Mahomet Township); the following year saw the founding of the | 8 | | Friends of the Mahomet Library, a non-profit group whose | 9 | | fundraising efforts include the Run for the Library; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, In the 1990s, Mahomet was growing quickly and | 11 | | outgrowing its library; the Mahomet Public Library moved into | 12 | | its current building in 2009; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 | | recognize the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Mahomet | 16 | | Public Library and we wish them many more wonderful years; and | 17 | | be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the Mahomet Public Library as an expression of our | 20 | | esteem and respect.
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