Bill Text: IL HJR0039 | 2021-2022 | 102nd 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."
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2022-04-09 - Adopted Both Houses [HJR0039 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HJR0039-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 | ||||||
| 8 | their Cal-Ore Life Flight plane crashed east of McKinleyville, | ||||||
| 9 | 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, and dual aircraft | ||||||
| 16 | and taught at Schafer Airport in St. Jacob; he had over 30 | ||||||
| 17 | years of flying experience and had contracts with the United | ||||||
| 18 | States Army 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 SECOND 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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