Full Text of HR0695 96th General Assembly
HR0695 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Interstate 64 is a major thoroughfare that runs | 3 |
| through the communities of East St. Louis, O'Fallon, Fairview | 4 |
| Heights, and Washington Park in southwestern Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Wyvetter Younge was one of the longest-serving | 6 |
| members of the Illinois House of Representatives; she was born | 7 |
| and raised in East St. Louis; she took office in 1975, worked | 8 |
| tirelessly on behalf of her constituents, and believed strongly | 9 |
| in her community; and
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| WHEREAS,
She was a staunch believer in education and | 11 |
| economic development, fighting hard to keep the State community | 12 |
| college in East St. Louis; she fought to make certain that the | 13 |
| Casino Queen would be in East St. Louis; and she fought for any | 14 |
| cause that would help her district; and
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| WHEREAS, She represented House District 114, which | 16 |
| includes some of the poorest communities in the Metro-East and | 17 |
| some of the wealthiest; the district covers Alorton, Brooklyn, | 18 |
| Centreville, East St. Louis, Scott Air Force Base, Shiloh, | 19 |
| Washington Park, and parts of Belleville, Cahokia, Fairview | 20 |
| Heights, Mascoutah, Millstadt, Swansea, Venice, and O'Fallon | 21 |
| south of State Street; and
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| WHEREAS, In respect for former Representative Younge, and | 2 |
| her dedication and hard work for the people of her district, we | 3 |
| believe she deserves to be honored in a prominent way in her | 4 |
| district; and the naming of this stretch of highway is fitting, | 5 |
| because Representative Younge was known as a dedicated servant | 6 |
| who almost always returned home to her district and family | 7 |
| instead of staying overnight in Springfield, and used this | 8 |
| route extensively in the service of area residents; therefore, | 9 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 |
| the portion of Interstate 64 from Summit Avenue to Illinois | 13 |
| Highway 111 be designated the Wyvetter Younge Memorial Parkway; | 14 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | 16 |
| is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | 17 |
| State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | 18 |
| giving notice of the name of the Wyvetter Younge Memorial | 19 |
| Parkway; and be it further | 20 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 |
| presented to the Secretary of the Illinois Department of | 22 |
| Transportation and the family of State Representative Wyvetter | 23 |
| Younge.
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