Full Text of HR0389 97th General Assembly
HR0389 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, WSIU Public Television, Carbondale, the Public | 3 | | Broadcasting Service member station licensed to the Southern | 4 | | Illinois University Board of Trustees, will celebrate 50 years | 5 | | of educational and public service television broadcasting on | 6 | | November 6, 2011; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, WSIU-TV has broadcast high-quality Public | 8 | | Broadcasting Service (PBS) programs for
viewers of all ages to | 9 | | more than 1.2 million television households in Illinois, | 10 | | Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee; WSIU-TV devotes | 11 | | over 80 hours per week to PBS Kids programs and extends the | 12 | | educational experience by hosting workshops for teachers, | 13 | | childcare providers, families, and other caregivers, | 14 | | distributing books, and coordinating events focusing on | 15 | | literacy, science, and health; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, The people of Illinois have been well served by | 17 | | the station's long history of producing and broadcasting | 18 | | award-winning local programming created by students, staff, | 19 | | and faculty at SIU Carbondale that reflect the State's unique | 20 | | historical, cultural, and artistic heritage; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, The station's historic commitment to providing | 22 | | hands-on learning opportunities to generations of |
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| 1 | | Radio-Television students has prepared thousands of SIU | 2 | | Carbondale graduates for careers in television production, | 3 | | news, public affairs, and station operations and | 4 | | administration, earning SIU Carbondale a reputation as a | 5 | | national leader in broadcast education; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The talents of broadcasters, producers, and | 7 | | journalists at WSIU-TV have been brought together by WSIU-TV to | 8 | | inform the people of Illinois about the State's legislative | 9 | | process and political
system through programs like the Illinois | 10 | | Lawmakers series, regularly scheduled interviews with members | 11 | | of the General Assembly, Illinois executive officers, and | 12 | | members of the Illinois congressional delegation, and | 13 | | election-year forums, debates, and candidate interviews; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, WSIU-TV is a nationally-recognized educational | 15 | | institution that has been honored by Congress and the White | 16 | | House for its creativity in implementing Ready to Learn, as | 17 | | well as other school readiness and enhancement programs, like | 18 | | PBS Kids Raising Readers and PBS TeacherLine; WSIU-TV also | 19 | | inspires positive change through community engagement by | 20 | | addressing local issues with programs, panel discussions, and | 21 | | local specials; therefore, be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 23 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| 1 | | we honor the employees of WSIU Public Television for their | 2 | | efforts to enrich the lives of Illinois residents by combining | 3 | | the power of public media with the power of people to | 4 | | strengthen our communities over the past five decades; and be | 5 | | it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That the special efforts of the thousands of | 7 | | students, faculty, and staff who have worked at WSIU Public | 8 | | Television since its inception be recognized in this | 9 | | anniversary season; and be it further | 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to WSIU Public Broadcasting Executive Director Greg | 12 | | Petrowich as an expression of our esteem.
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