Full Text of HR0617 95th General Assembly
HR0617 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate the members of the | 4 |
| Antioch Lions Club on the 70th anniversary of the service | 5 |
| organization; and
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| WHEREAS, The Antioch Lions Club is celebrating seventy | 7 |
| years of service to the community of Antioch and the | 8 |
| surrounding area; the club was organized on July 16, 1937 under | 9 |
| the leadership of Edmund Vos; today the Antioch Lions Club | 10 |
| exceeds 120 members, making it one of the largest Clubs in the | 11 |
| State of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, The objectives of the Antioch Lions Club are to | 13 |
| advance the civic and general interest of the Village of | 14 |
| Antioch and
the Chain of Lakes Region, to uphold the principles | 15 |
| of good government, and to encourage the application of the | 16 |
| highest standards in business, commerce, and industry by the | 17 |
| exchange of ideas and methods; and
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| WHEREAS,
The Lions Club took the Antioch Rescue Squad under | 19 |
| its wing; the Rescue Squad was started in 1939 by three | 20 |
| volunteer firemen; by 1946 the Rescue Squad was struggling, | 21 |
| needing both manpower and funding; Lions Club members | 22 |
| volunteered to join the squad and began to back the Rescue |
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| Squad financially; in 1972 the Rescue Squad became the first | 2 |
| advanced life support unit with Paramedics to be certified in | 3 |
| the State of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Each Thanksgiving and again at Christmas the Lions | 5 |
| Club distributes food baskets to needy families;
the Antioch | 6 |
| Lions Club has helped serve the needs of the visually impaired, | 7 |
| with thousands of dollars spent annually for eye examinations, | 8 |
| eye glasses, visual tech machines, guide dogs for the blind, | 9 |
| the eye research center, and institutions such as the Hadley | 10 |
| School for the Blind and CRIS Radio; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, Two days each fall the Lions are out on street | 12 |
| corners for "Candy Days for Humanitarian Services"; candy sales | 13 |
| go to help the hearing impaired, the blind, people with | 14 |
| diabetes, drug abuse programs, and many other service areas; | 15 |
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| WHEREAS, In addition, the Antioch Lions Club have donated | 17 |
| $20,000 to the Antioch Rescue Squad for their new truck | 18 |
| chassis; the Club donated $15,000 to the Antioch Centennial | 19 |
| Playground project for the purchase of wood chip safety ground | 20 |
| cover; the Club collects over 500 used eyeglasses annually that | 21 |
| are sent to the Lions of Illinois Foundation;
three truckloads | 22 |
| of food, clothing, and hygiene products were collected and | 23 |
| driven to the victims of Hurricane Katrina; and each year the |
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| Antioch Lions award scholarships to Antioch students and have | 2 |
| done so for more than fifty years; 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 |
| congratulate the members of the Antioch Lions Club on their | 6 |
| celebration of seventy years of service; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to the members of the Antioch Lions Club as a symbol | 9 |
| of our respect.
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