Full Text of HR0931 94th General Assembly
HR0931 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives are | 3 |
| pleased to recognize significant milestones for communities of | 4 |
| our State; and
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| WHEREAS, The Village of Creston is celebrating its 150th | 6 |
| birthday on August 11, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1836, John Brodie, from Ohio, was the first | 8 |
| settler in the area known as Brodie's Grove, located north of | 9 |
| the present Village of Creston; and
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| WHEREAS, Benjamin Worden, Elias Snively, Henry Sharer, and | 11 |
| others from as far away as Canada and California began to | 12 |
| settle in the area; and
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| WHEREAS, As more land in the vicinity became occupied, a | 14 |
| village was founded and named Brodie's Grove; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1853-1854, the building of the Chicago and | 16 |
| Galena railroad brought even more settlers to the area; and
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| WHEREAS, The town of Dement was surveyed on July 11, 1855, | 18 |
| and in 1856 Dement Township became separated from Flagg | 19 |
| Township; and
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| WHEREAS, The name of the town of Dement was changed to | 21 |
| Creston when a stranger riding the train stepped off and | 22 |
| remarked about the little village on the crest of the hill; the | 23 |
| town's name was officially changed to Creston on August 11, | 24 |
| 1869; and
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| WHEREAS, The Creston Opera House was built in 1875 by a | 26 |
| stock company; purchased in 1959 from Dement Township by the | 27 |
| Creston Booster Club, it has been the site of hundreds of |
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| events ranging from church services to medicine shows to family | 2 |
| reunions, as well as plays and musicals; it was also the home | 3 |
| of the first Creston-Dement Library; and
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| WHEREAS, The Creston Booster Club was organized in 1956 by | 5 |
| a group of men dedicated to the betterment of the community; | 6 |
| celebrating 50 years of existence this year, the Club has | 7 |
| financially helped all three churches in town, the grade | 8 |
| school, the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, 4-H, the library, and | 9 |
| various other organizations when help was needed; and
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| WHEREAS, The Creston-Dement Library was organized in 1985 | 11 |
| as a volunteer, not-for-profit library; in 1989 the library was | 12 |
| named the Illinois State winner for Family Circle Magazine's | 13 |
| "Leaders of Readers" Award; on March 17, 1992, the residents of | 14 |
| Creston voted to approve the formation of a library district | 15 |
| which would provide taxes for library operation; at the same | 16 |
| time, the Creston-Dement Park District was formed; and
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| WHEREAS, The Creston Opera House Repertoire Nucleus | 18 |
| Conducting Off Broadway Scenarios (C.O.H.R.N. C.O.B.S.), a | 19 |
| community theater group, was organized in 1989; the group holds | 20 |
| an annual theatrical production to raise money for the | 21 |
| continuation of the Opera House and donations to the Booster | 22 |
| Club; and | 23 |
| WHEREAS, Creston Grade School continually boasts high test | 24 |
| scores on mandatory State tests, and the town is proud to keep | 25 |
| its small school atmosphere and individualized attention for | 26 |
| students; in the Rockford Register Star's Sunday, March 9, 2003 | 27 |
| edition, the school was applauded as having top ISAT scores, | 28 |
| which were 23 points higher than the statewide average; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1994, Creston was voted "Best Little Town in | 30 |
| America" by the Jack Daniels Corporation; the village is now in | 31 |
| the process of renovating the Opera House and improving the |
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| downtown merchant area; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 4 |
| we proclaim August 11, 2006, as the Village of Creston's 150th | 5 |
| birthday in the State of Illinois; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to the Village of Creston as an expression of our | 8 |
| esteem and with best wishes for a prosperous future.
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