Full Text of HR1155 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, "The Enterprise" has brought the people of the | 3 | | community of Plainfield, Illinois together every week for 125 | 4 | | years; the paper was first published on August 10, 1887; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, 1887 is an important year in Plainfield's history; | 6 | | in that year, a steam whistle echoed over the prairies and a | 7 | | short line ancestor of what was eventually known as the Elgin, | 8 | | Joliet, and Eastern Railway, which had begun to offer service | 9 | | from Joliet to Normantown, began to be knitted into other | 10 | | railroad tracks stretching from Indiana to near Waukegan; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Local farmers began to bring their crops to | 12 | | Plainfield for shipping, and to shop in Plainfield for the | 13 | | goods needed to clothe and supply themselves and their | 14 | | families; such a thriving new town on the Illinois farm fields | 15 | | needed a weekly newspaper to tell it more about itself; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, When "The Enterprise" was first published, the | 17 | | technology of newspaper production was shifting from handset | 18 | | type to newspapers printed with linotype technology, involving | 19 | | the setup and layout of stories printed from type metal cast at | 20 | | the print shop; more revolutions have taken place since that | 21 | | long-ago day; the changes in our daily lives that have happened | 22 | | from 1887 until 2012 defy human comprehension and point out the |
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| 1 | | essential importance of an institution, such as "The | 2 | | Enterprise", that can provide continuity to the lives of the | 3 | | members of our families and communities; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The continuity and stability shown by "The | 5 | | Enterprise" became an unforgettable asset on August 28, 1990, | 6 | | when the community was victimized by one of the most tragic | 7 | | weather incidents in the history of Illinois; the first and so | 8 | | far only F5-level tornado ever to touch down in the greater | 9 | | Chicago area tore through Plainfield, causing the deaths of 29 | 10 | | Illinoisans and injuries to an estimated 350 of their | 11 | | neighbors; the victims and survivors of this incident are | 12 | | remembered and honored to this day; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In the years since 1990, the Plainfield area has | 14 | | undergone a revolution even more filled with impact than any | 15 | | storm of nature, with tens of thousands of new residents | 16 | | joining hands to commit themselves to the municipality of | 17 | | Plainfield and the housing subdivisions in and around it; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Plainfield's reputation throughout the greater | 19 | | Chicago area as an attractive location to raise a family, go to | 20 | | school, buy a home, drive to a job, and live a successful life | 21 | | as a mature Illinoisan, has created new joys and challenges for | 22 | | this community, its schools, its churches and places of | 23 | | religious worship, its health care providers, and its other |
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| 1 | | local institutions, of the type which only a newspaper can | 2 | | cover and represent; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, The community institutions and professionals of | 4 | | Plainfield, its schools, churches, scouting groups, senior | 5 | | citizens' organizations, ombudsmen's desks, and helping | 6 | | professionals, will continue to look to "The Enterprise" to | 7 | | "get the word out" about the joys and challenges of the | 8 | | community of which they are a part; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, The annual Plainfield Fest in downtown Plainfield | 10 | | is scheduled to include, on July 21, 2012, an observance and | 11 | | celebration of the 125th birthday of "The Enterprise"; | 12 | | therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 | | we commend "The Enterprise" upon 125 years of useful life and | 16 | | service to the community of Plainfield, northwest Will County, | 17 | | and eastern Kendall County; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to Publisher Richard Masterson, of "The Enterprise", | 20 | | as a signal of the General Assembly's support for the work the | 21 | | newspaper's owner, publisher, executive staff, employees, and | 22 | | contractors have done and continue to do for the community of |
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| 1 | | Plainfield and the people of Illinois.
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