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92_HR0519 LRB9210807RHrh 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION 2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 3 Representatives are pleased to honor milestone events in the 4 history of communities in the State of Illinois; and 5 WHEREAS, The 75th Annual Centralia Halloween Parade 6 convened on October 27, 2001; and 7 WHEREAS, This years parade theme was "Parade Memories: 75 8 Years of Fun" and encompassed a tribute to the Centralia Fire 9 Department in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist 10 attacks on the United States which focused attention on the 11 selfless acts of emergency responders who lost their lives in 12 New York City; and 13 WHEREAS, The parade served as a posthumous tribute to the 14 late Gib Lynch of the Centralia Fire Protection District, who 15 recently passed away and who was involved with the parade 16 committee in the past; and 17 WHEREAS, The parade's tributes also extended to the late 18 Billy J. Shook, a former committee member, and to the late 19 Norma Simmons, whose husband, Al, was also a committee 20 member; and 21 WHEREAS, The citizens of Centralia joined Jackie "Butch" 22 Mathus, who has brought to this town celebration many fine 23 parade entries in the past; and 24 WHEREAS, The fire fighters solicited donations for the 25 New York Fire Fighters fund and AARP sold parade buttons to 26 help pay for the parade; and 27 WHEREAS, The theme for this year's parade, "Parade 28 Memories: 75 Years of Fun" was chosen earlier in the year by 29 Centralia Junior High School pupil Kerri Miller in tribute to 30 the parade's diamond anniversary; grand marshals for this -2- LRB9210807RHrh 1 year's parade were Ken Oestreich and Nate Rothschild of the 2 Centralia Area Historical Society; and 3 WHEREAS, Due to the dedicated efforts on the part of the 4 great citizens of Centralia, Illinois, the parade was a huge 5 success and enjoyed by all; therefore, be it 6 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 7 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 8 we congratulate the town of Centralia, Illinois on the 9 celebration of the 75th Annual Centralia Halloween Parade, 10 "Parade Memories: 75 Years of Fun" dedicated to the fallen 11 fire fighters from the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks 12 and as a lasting tribute to the citizens of Centralia; and be 13 it further 14 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 15 presented to the Mayor of Centralia along with our heartiest 16 thanks.