Full Text of HR1020 94th General Assembly
HR1020 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, It is the privilege of this Body to recognize the | 3 |
| achievements of young people in the State of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Hunter Grounds, born June 10, 1987, was in the | 5 |
| goose pit with his dad, World Champion Goose Caller Tim | 6 |
| Grounds, when he was still in diapers; he has had a call in his | 7 |
| hand from the time he could take hold of anything; he learned | 8 |
| to blow the call very early and has been entering calling | 9 |
| contests since the age of seven; he has almost 70 titles to his | 10 |
| credit; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2000, Hunter won the World Junior Goose title | 12 |
| in Easton, Maryland, then two weeks later went to Stuttgart, | 13 |
| Arkansas, and won the World Junior Duck title; this is the | 14 |
| first and only time anyone has held both titles in the same | 15 |
| year; and
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| WHEREAS, Never in the history of the World Championship at | 17 |
| Easton, Maryland, has a competitor won both the World Goose | 18 |
| Calling contest and also won the Junior World contest on the | 19 |
| same night; Hunter did just that at the age of 16 on November | 20 |
| 15, 2003; to top off a perfect evening, that same night he also | 21 |
| won the Junior Duck Calling contest; Hunter, at 16, made | 22 |
| history by being the youngest person to ever win the senior | 23 |
| division world championship; he also is the first winner to | 24 |
| have a father retired from that prestigious event after having | 25 |
| won it three times; and
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| WHEREAS, After he won the World Goose Calling Championship | 27 |
| in 2003, two weeks later in Stuttgart again, he won the World | 28 |
| Intermediate Duck Calling Championship; he held seven world | 29 |
| titles for goose calling and three world titles for duck | 30 |
| calling at the age of 16; and
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| WHEREAS, He currently holds the Illinois State title and | 2 |
| the International title; he has hunted geese and ducks in | 3 |
| Canada, Mexico, and all over the United States; he has appeared | 4 |
| in several hunting videos and several hunting shows on TV for | 5 |
| the Outdoor Channel; blowing the goose call that his father | 6 |
| manufactures won Hunter $30,000 in 2004 and $44,000 in 2005; in | 7 |
| 2006 he has already earned $6,500; and
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| WHEREAS, He loves the outdoors and hunts whatever is in | 9 |
| season; he fishes in the spring and summer and aspires to be a | 10 |
| professional bass fisherman; he currently works in his father's | 11 |
| business, Tim Grounds Championship Calls, Inc., in Johnston | 12 |
| City; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 |
| we recognize Hunter Grounds for his worldwide success as a | 16 |
| champion goose caller; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to Hunter Grounds as an expression of our esteem.
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