Full Text of HR0722 094th General Assembly
HR0722 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Village of Lindenhurst, in Lake County, is a | 3 |
| beautiful, family-oriented community with a great spirit of | 4 |
| service and pride; and
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| WHEREAS, The Village of Lindenhurst, in Lake County, will | 6 |
| celebrate its Golden Anniversary of incorporation as a Village | 7 |
| in 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, The Village is desirous of enhancing the | 9 |
| environment of its community through landscaping and other | 10 |
| natural beautifications; and
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| WHEREAS, The golden daffodil was declared Lindenhurst's | 12 |
| official flower by resolution in September and the village is | 13 |
| requesting a similar state resolution; and
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| WHEREAS, Proclaiming the golden daffodil as the official | 15 |
| flower will promote community pride and engage citizens in a | 16 |
| common community project; and
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| WHEREAS, Daffodils are early blooming plants and continue | 18 |
| to self propagate, making it an ideal low maintenance flower | 19 |
| for the village; and
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| WHEREAS, Four thousand bags of daffodils have been | 21 |
| distributed among every household in Lindenhurst, with village | 22 |
| officials asking residents to plant the bulbs they receive to | 23 |
| make a golden carpet of flowers in the spring of 2006; and | 24 |
| WHEREAS, Lindenhurst would like to be known as the daffodil | 25 |
| capital of Illinois; and | 26 |
| WHEREAS, This is a great example of community spirit for | 27 |
| other Illinois communities to follow; and
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| WHEREAS, The people of Illinois and surrounding states are | 2 |
| encouraged to visit Lindenhurst and partake in the natural | 3 |
| beauty of the Village as it blooms annually with the sweet | 4 |
| smell, and the lovely appearance, of the daffodils thriving | 5 |
| throughout the Village; therefore, be it | 6 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 |
| the golden daffodil is hereby recognized as the official flower | 9 |
| of the Village of Lindenhurst; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Village of Lindenhurst be declared as | 11 |
| the daffodil capital of Illinois; and be it further | 12 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to the Village of Lindenhurst commemorating this | 14 |
| momentous occasion.
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