Full Text of HR0768 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the Mt. Carmel Rotary | 4 | | Club on over 100 years of service to Mt. Carmel and the State | 5 | | of Illinois; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Mt. Carmel Rotary Club was organized on | 7 | | February 18, 1920 with 20 charter members; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, In its early years, The Mt. Carmel Rotary Club | 9 | | met at the Mulhall Hotel, later known as the Wabash Hotel and | 10 | | more recently as the Colonial Inn, on 117 East Fifth Street; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, The Mt. Carmel Rotary Club was organized with the | 13 | | assistance of Harrisburg Rotary Club President C.A. Taylor and | 14 | | Harrisburg Rotary Club Secretary Charles E. Combe; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The first officers of the Mt. Carmel Rotary Club | 16 | | were President Walter Kimzey, Vice-President Dan Keen, | 17 | | Secretary Charles Reynolds, and Sergeant at Arms Frank | 18 | | Cowling; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, The Mt. Carmel Rotary Club constitution and | 20 | | by-laws were adopted on March 1, 1920 with a charter date of |
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| 1 | | April 1, 1920; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Mt. Carmel Rotary Club has had three members | 3 | | who have served as District Governors, Peter Kolb from 1925 to | 4 | | 1926, Carroll Risley from 1960 to 1961, and Janice Alka from | 5 | | 2018 to 2019; member Robin Dean will serve as District | 6 | | Governor from 2025 to 2026; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Mt. Carmel Rotary Club's signature activity | 8 | | is Corn Day, which started in 1965 at the Bluff City Park and | 9 | | has been an annual event in Mt. Carmel every year since; the | 10 | | event is scheduled near the 4th of July and has been held in | 11 | | the Mabel Courter Youth Center since 1983; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, The Mt. Carmel Rotary Club's Corn Day feeds | 13 | | nearly 1,500 people all the sweet corn they can eat, and the | 14 | | proceeds go to community and humanitarian endeavors; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The Mt. Carmel Rotary Club has helped children | 16 | | and youth in the community through various activities, | 17 | | including providing playground equipment for local schools and | 18 | | parks, supporting the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, and giving a | 19 | | dictionary to every third grade student in the county schools; | 20 | | and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, The Mt. Carmel Rotary Club has helped public and |
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| 1 | | private schools; since 2006, it has contributed to | 2 | | improvements to the City Park and Swimming Pool, provided | 3 | | college scholarships for high school seniors, and made | 4 | | donations to the Mt. Carmel High School Music Department and | 5 | | to Youth in Action; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, During the summer of 1978, Lynne Sadlek | 7 | | participated in a Mt. Carmel Rotary Club sponsored Student | 8 | | Exchange Program, and in 2018, Madison Merritt participated in | 9 | | a nine month Student Exchange Program in Japan; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The Mt. Carmel Rotary Club provided leadership in | 11 | | the construction of the Shelter House and new restrooms in the | 12 | | City Park, which was a $130,000 project; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The Mt. Carmel Rotary Club has served the | 14 | | community through various additional projects, including | 15 | | visiting residents in nursing homes, wrapping tree seedlings | 16 | | for the Wabash County Soil and Water District, and giving | 17 | | financial help to the Mt. Carmel Public Library, the Wabash | 18 | | Valley College Foundation, the Wabash General Hospital and | 19 | | Foundation, Wabash Area Development, Inc. (WADI), and the Safe | 20 | | Haven Women's shelter; it has also provided local law | 21 | | enforcement with speed indicators and aided in the | 22 | | installation and maintenance of "Welcome to Mt. Carmel" signs | 23 | | and message boards; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Mt. Carmel Rotary Club has supported The | 2 | | Rotary Foundation in its overall mission of doing good in the | 3 | | world as well as specifically supporting the Polio Plus | 4 | | program to eradicate polio; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The Mt. Carmel Rotary Club had originally planned | 6 | | to celebrate their 100th anniversary on April 4, 2020 but had | 7 | | to postpone due to the COVID-19 pandemic; the celebration was | 8 | | then held on Saturday, October 23, 2021 in conjunction with | 9 | | the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Shelter House in Mount | 10 | | Carmel City Park with Rotary International President Mark | 11 | | Maloney as the special guest; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 13 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we congratulate the Mt. Carmel Rotary Club on over 100 years of | 15 | | service; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the Mt. Carmel Rotary Club as a symbol of our | 18 | | respect and esteem.
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