Full Text of HJR0096 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly are
| 3 | | honored to pay tribute to those who have given their lives to
| 4 | | protect and serve the citizens of this great nation; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Medevac Pilot Larry D. Mills, along with flight | 6 | | nurse Deborah Kroon, flight paramedic Michelle Tarwarter, and | 7 | | patient April Rodriguez, were killed on July 29, 2016 when | 8 | | their Cal-Ore Life Flight plane crashed east of McKinleyville, | 9 | | California; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Larry Mills was born in Warner Robins, Georgia on | 11 | | March 17, 1962; his family moved to Marine in 1973, and he | 12 | | graduated from Triad High School in 1980; he was an EMT and a | 13 | | 12-year veteran of the Marine Volunteer Fire Department; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Larry Mills was an exceptional pilot and | 15 | | instructor who flew gliders, helicopters, and dual aircraft and | 16 | | taught at Schafer Airport in St. Jacob; he had over 30 years of | 17 | | flying experience and had contracts with the United States Army | 18 | | and the Air Force to train pilots; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, The Larry Mills Aviation Memorial Scholarship has | 20 | | been established through the Highland Area Community | 21 | | Foundation to honor the life and career of a pilot who gave his |
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| 1 | | life helping others; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 3 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 4 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Illinois Route 143 | 5 | | as it travels from its intersection with Route 4 east through | 6 | | the City of Marine as the "Larry D. Mills Memorial Highway"; | 7 | | and be it further | 8 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
| 9 | | is request to erect, at suitable locations consistent with
| 10 | | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
| 11 | | giving notice of the name of the "Larry D. Mills Memorial | 12 | | Highway"; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Larry Mills, the Mayor of the City | 15 | | of Marine, and the Secretary of Transportation.
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