Bill Text: IL HJR0090 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates Illinois Route 24, beginning at the intersection of South Adams Street and Illinois Route 24 in Bartonville and ending at the intersection of Griswold Street and Route 24 in Peoria, as the "Jim Thome Highway".
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-01-03 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HJR0090 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HJR0090-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, James Howard "Jim" Thome played for 22 seasons | ||||||
3 | from 1991 to 2012 for Major League Baseball 6 teams, including | ||||||
4 | the Cleveland
Indians, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago White | ||||||
5 | Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota
Twins, and Baltimore | ||||||
6 | Orioles; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Jim Thome was born to
parents Joyce and Charles | ||||||
8 | Thome and raised in Peoria County; he began playing baseball | ||||||
9 | with the West
Peoria Little League and then moved on to | ||||||
10 | Limestone Community High School in
Bartonville, where he | ||||||
11 | achieved All-State honors as a baseball shortstop; following | ||||||
12 | his high school graduation, he played baseball at Illinois | ||||||
13 | Central College
in East Peoria for one season before being | ||||||
14 | drafted by the Cleveland
Indians in 1989; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Jim Thome officially retired from the Cleveland | ||||||
16 | Indians in 2014, accumulating a .276 batting average, 2,328 | ||||||
17 | hits, 612 home runs, and 1,699 runs batted in; he is the 8th | ||||||
18 | player in baseball history to reach 612 home runs; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Jim Thome accumulated the following career | ||||||
20 | highlights:
5-time All Star in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, and | ||||||
21 | 2006, the Silver Slugger Award in 1996, American League | ||||||
22 | Comeback Player of the Year in 2006, the Roberto
Clemente Award |
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1 | in 2002, and the National League home run champion in 2003; he | ||||||
2 | was
inducted into the Greater Peoria Area Sports Hall of Fame | ||||||
3 | in 2015; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Jim Thome is known for his positive attitude and | ||||||
5 | outgoing
personality as well as his philanthropic activities, | ||||||
6 | which have earned him 2
Marvin Miller Man of the Year Awards | ||||||
7 | and the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award; he
was also known for his | ||||||
8 | willingness to sign autographs for fans; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Jim Thome now works in an executive
position with | ||||||
10 | the Chicago White Sox; therefore, be it
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11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
12 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
13 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Illinois Route 24, | ||||||
14 | beginning at the intersection of South Adams Street and | ||||||
15 | Illinois Route 24 in Bartonville and ending at the intersection | ||||||
16 | of Griswold Street and Route 24 in Peoria, as the "Jim Thome | ||||||
17 | Highway"; and be it further
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18 | RESOLVED, The Illinois Department of Transportation is | ||||||
19 | requested to erect at
suitable locations, as designated by the | ||||||
20 | James Howard Thome Committee and consistent with State and | ||||||
21 | Federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs giving
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22 | notice of the name of the "Jim Thome Highway"; and be it |
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1 | further
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2 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
3 | presented to the Secretary of
the Illinois Department of | ||||||
4 | Transportation and James Howard "Jim" Thome.
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