Full Text of HR0025 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Each year since 1987, John A. Logan College in | 3 | | Carterville has held Southern Illinois Hunting and Fishing Days | 4 | | on its beautiful campus; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Southern Illinois Hunting and Fishing Days was | 6 | | created to celebrate the State's heritage of hunting and | 7 | | fishing; it is an educational, family event, dedicated to | 8 | | teaching ethics, safety, and
conservation in order to enhance | 9 | | the outdoor experience; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Southern Illinois Hunting and Fishing Days is | 11 | | considered the largest
celebration of National Hunting and | 12 | | Fishing Day in the country; it includes numerous
activities and | 13 | | attractions, such as an art exhibit, a BB gun range, archery, a | 14 | | fishing hole for kids, helicopter
rides, youth duck-calling and | 15 | | goose-calling contests, Camo the Clown, coon dog bench
trials, | 16 | | imperial retriever dog demonstrations, American Ninja Warrior | 17 | | demonstrations,
a concealed carry safety program, wildlife and | 18 | | reptiles of Illinois presentations, musical
entertainment, an | 19 | | Abraham Lincoln historical presentation, and tours of the | 20 | | Harrison-Bruce
Historical Village; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Southern Illinois Hunting and Fishing Days is made | 22 | | possible by the hard work and generous contributions
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| 1 | | 200 vendors and sponsors, including Black Diamond RV | 2 | | Superstore,
McDonald's, visitSI, Crab Orchard Refuge, Take | 3 | | Pride In-America, and the Friends of
Crab Orchard; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, This year 34,000 more visitors enjoyed the various | 5 | | activities held at John A.
Logan College; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, On September 23, 2018, the one millionth visitor | 7 | | to the Southern
Illinois Hunting and Fishing Days, Tammy | 8 | | McClure of
West Frankfort, was recognized in conjunction with | 9 | | the Illinois
Bicentennial Celebration; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 11 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | we congratulate John A. Logan College and the Southern Illinois | 13 | | Hunting and Fishing Days for their 31 years of providing family | 14 | | activities to over one million residents and visitors to | 15 | | southern Illinois; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to Chairman of the Southern Illinois Hunting and | 18 | | Fishing Days Barry Hancock, John A. Logan College President Dr. | 19 | | Ron House, and Tammy McClure.
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