Full Text of HR0163 95th General Assembly
HR0163 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Aledo, Illinois has become famous for the annual | 3 |
| Rhubarb Festival; and
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| WHEREAS, Darlene Johnson is the founder of the Rhubarb | 5 |
| Festival, she started the festival in 1990 in her kitchen, with | 6 |
| 50 people in attendance; and
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| WHEREAS, The Festival has grown, today attracting from | 8 |
| 10,000 to 15,000 people who come to sample and test rhubarb | 9 |
| dishes, buy pies, and celebrate all that is rhubarb; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2006, people attended the Festival from over 19 | 11 |
| states, including Hawaii and Japan; 2,078 homemade rhubarb pies | 12 |
| were sold during the Festival; and
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| WHEREAS, The 2006 Festival generated $28,145 for Aledo's | 14 |
| civic organizations and churches that were a part of the | 15 |
| Festival; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, The Festival has captured media attention, with | 17 |
| features in several newspapers and magazines, as well as on | 18 |
| television and radio; and
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| WHEREAS, The Aledo Rhubarb Festival centers around two |
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| goals, family fun and the promotion of the community; this | 2 |
| year's festival will be held June 2nd; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 5 |
| proclaim Aledo as the Rhubarb Capital of the Illinois; and be | 6 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to Darlene Johnson, founder of the Rhubarb Festival.
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