Bill Text: IL HJR0025 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates Illinois Route 143 as it travels from its intersection with Route 4 east through the City of Marine as the "Larry D. Mills Memorial Highway".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-03-13 - Referred to Assignments [HJR0025 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HJR0025-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly are
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3 | honored to pay tribute to those who have given their lives to
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4 | protect and serve the citizens of this great nation; and
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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 the | ||||||
8 | Cal-Ore Life Flight plane they were on went down east of | ||||||
9 | McKinleyville, California; and
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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
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14 | WHEREAS, Larry Mills was an exceptional pilot and | ||||||
15 | instructor who flew gliders, helicopters, 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
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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
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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
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8 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
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9 | is request to erect, at suitable locations consistent with
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10 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
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11 | giving notice of the name of the "Larry D. Mills Memorial | ||||||
12 | Highway"; and be it further
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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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