Full Text of HR1273 94th General Assembly
HR1273 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Village of Malta will celebrate its | 3 |
| Sesquicentennial on June 10-11, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, The town was settled upon the fertile, billowy | 5 |
| prairie, without the usual benefits of groves or streams to | 6 |
| attract early settlers; Ezekiel Whitehead commenced farming | 7 |
| operations in the area in 1851 and was soon joined by land | 8 |
| speculators; and
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| WHEREAS, When the Galena Railroad Company built a branch | 10 |
| line through the town in 1854 and established a station to load | 11 |
| farm produce, the town grew rapidly; it was recognized as a | 12 |
| village in 1856; and
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| WHEREAS, A fire from a kerosene lamp nearly consumed the | 14 |
| town in 1894; homes and stores were rebuilt using brick rather | 15 |
| than wood materials, and citizens voted to build a large barrel | 16 |
| cistern at the fire station in 1899 and pipe water to hydrants | 17 |
| and homes throughout the town; and
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| WHEREAS, The Malta Women's Club with their philosophy of "a | 19 |
| better Malta" opened the first library which they maintained in | 20 |
| different locations until the present building was constructed | 21 |
| with donations of money and land; and
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| WHEREAS, Malta was renown for its municipal band and | 23 |
| holiday parades; passenger trains would bring thousands of | 24 |
| people from across Northern Illinois to Malta for Fourth of | 25 |
| July and other celebrations; and
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| WHEREAS, As the nation began to manufacture millions of | 27 |
| cars and trucks at the start of the twentieth century, a | 28 |
| transcontinental highway was planned; Congress appropriated | 29 |
| money for the "Lincoln Highway" which would run through Malta; |
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| WHEREAS, Education has always been important to the | 3 |
| community; a one-room school house gave way to a two-room | 4 |
| building, a consolidated school complex, and then a separate | 5 |
| high school structure; when the Malta District was consolidated | 6 |
| with the communities of DeKalb and Cortland, the Paul T. Wright | 7 |
| Elementary School in Malta was born as an experiment for | 8 |
| educational and teaching excellence between the school | 9 |
| district and Northern Illinois University; and
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| WHEREAS, The community has also been home to Kishwaukee | 11 |
| Community College since 1968; the 120-acre campus attracts over | 12 |
| 10,000 students to its programs; the college offers two-year | 13 |
| degrees in 37 areas, 64 career/occupational degrees and | 14 |
| certificates, and customized training; and
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| WHEREAS, Residents of Malta have long supported and taught | 16 |
| at nearby Northern Illinois University since its founding in | 17 |
| 1895; the university is noted for excellence in teaching, | 18 |
| discovery and outreach; more than 25,000 students study there | 19 |
| and nearly 200,000 alumni call NIU their alma mater; therefore, | 20 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 22 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 23 |
| we congratulate the more than 1,400 residents of the Village | 24 |
| and Township of Malta on the occasion of the sesquicentennial | 25 |
| celebration; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 27 |
| presented to the Village of Malta as an expression of our | 28 |
| esteem and with our best wishes for the continuing success of | 29 |
| the village.
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