Full Text of HR0543 096th General Assembly
HR0543 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, In 1977, the Marchegiana Society of Chicago | 3 |
| Heights chose to establish a Sister City affiliation with San | 4 |
| Benedetto del Tronto, Provincia della Marche, Italy, the city | 5 |
| and region from which many Chicago Heights families emigrated | 6 |
| to the United States; and
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| WHEREAS, The San Benedetto del Tronto, Marche, Italy - | 8 |
| Chicago Heights Sister City affiliation was created on June 19, | 9 |
| 1977 by proclamation and by unanimous vote of both city | 10 |
| councils; the affiliation was celebrated at that time by | 11 |
| official visits of citizens and public officials to both Sister | 12 |
| Cities; and
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| WHEREAS, Since that time, exchanges of both a casual and | 14 |
| official nature have occurred, creating opportunities for | 15 |
| thousands of residents to visit and enjoy the culture and | 16 |
| traditions to be found in both locations; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, Every year, many people from the City of Chicago | 18 |
| Heights return to visit and to renew the ties of family and | 19 |
| friendship that keep the cities bound as one people; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1984, Chicago Heights School District 170 and | 21 |
| the schools of San Benedetto del Tronto were mutually |
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| instrumental in establishing a student exchange that has grown | 2 |
| and become a model of successful Sister City projects; and
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| WHEREAS, Each year, approximately two dozen high school age | 4 |
| students from Chicago Heights are hosted in the San Benedetto | 5 |
| region; in alternate years, a similar number of students from | 6 |
| San Benedetto are hosted by families in and around Chicago | 7 |
| Heights; and
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| WHEREAS, This exchange has prospered and grown to the | 9 |
| extent that over a thousand students have participated and | 10 |
| enjoyed the cultural, educational, and intellectual | 11 |
| stimulation engendered by foreign travel; for many, the | 12 |
| opportunity to create friendships that may last a lifetime, or | 13 |
| the opportunity to reestablish links with family that are | 14 |
| well-known or, as yet, unrecognized; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 17 |
| urge the citizens of the State of Illinois to honor the San | 18 |
| Benedetto del Tronto, Marche, Italy - Chicago Heights Sister | 19 |
| City affiliation and express our continued admiration and | 20 |
| support for the affiliation; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 |
| presented to Alex Lopez, Mayor of the City of Chicago Heights, |
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| as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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