Full Text of HR1217 093rd General Assembly
HR1217 93RD 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 milestone events for businesses | 4 |
| associated with the State of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Founded in 1904 by A.J. Hartig, Hartig Drug | 6 |
| Company has provided a century of service to many communities; | 7 |
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| WHEREAS, Hartig Drug Company is the second oldest family | 9 |
| owned chain in the United States; it is privately held; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, Hartig Drug Company has a long tradition of | 11 |
| recognizing the talents and abilities of its employees; it was | 12 |
| one of the first drug stores to employ a woman as a | 13 |
| pharmacist/store manager at a time when it was rare to see | 14 |
| women in top management positions; this tradition continues | 15 |
| today with a large percentage of Hartig's top management | 16 |
| comprised of women; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, Hartig Drug Company has fifteen stores located in | 18 |
| Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois, including traditional drug | 19 |
| stores and a long-term pharmacy; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, Hartig Drug Company provides durable medical | 21 |
| equipment, medical supplies, and oxygen to customers through | 22 |
| Finley-Hartig Homecare in a joint venture with a local | 23 |
| hospital; and | 24 |
| WHEREAS, Hartig Drug Company and its employees are actively | 25 |
| involved in the communities they serve; many charitable and | 26 |
| community-based organizations have benefited from financial | 27 |
| donations and gifts of time and service by Hartig Drug Company | 28 |
| and its staff; and |
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| WHEREAS, Throughout its century of service, Hartig Drug | 2 |
| Company has focused on its customers; Hartig maintains a direct | 3 |
| line of communication with its customers using its "If you'll | 4 |
| talk, we'll listen" program; all customer comments are | 5 |
| personally reviewed by Keith Bibelhausen, President of Hartig | 6 |
| Drug Company; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Hartig Drug Company embraces improved | 8 |
| technologies to maintain a high level of service to its | 9 |
| customers, and to meet high standards of quality assurance; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, Hartig Drug Company has established pharmacy | 11 |
| scholarships to encourage talented students to pursue a career | 12 |
| in pharmacy; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, Hartig Drug Company is proud of its staff of | 14 |
| knowledgeable and caring pharmacists and certified technicians | 15 |
| and of the friendly, helpful staff members serving their | 16 |
| friends and neighbors at the checkouts and service counters; | 17 |
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| WHEREAS, Hartig Drug Company has many long-term employees | 19 |
| who have been with the company for 15 years or more; several | 20 |
| employees have been with Hartig for more than 40 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Hartig Drug Company is led by third generation | 22 |
| family member Dick Hartig, owner and CEO, and by Keith | 23 |
| Bibelhausen, President, both of whom are pharmacists; | 24 |
| therefore, be it | 25 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 26 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 27 |
| congratulate Hartig Drug Company on the occasion of its 100th | 28 |
| anniversary; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to Hartig Drug Company as an expression of our | 2 |
| respect and esteem.
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