Bill Text: IL HR0724 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the Christian County Agricultural Fair on its centennial anniversary. Wishes the fair continued success in the future.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-30 - Resolution Adopted [HR0724 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0724-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the Christian County | ||||||
| 4 | Agricultural Fair on the occasion of its 100th anniversary; | ||||||
| 5 | and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, On April 29, 1924, the Christian County | ||||||
| 7 | Agricultural Fair was founded by Phil S. Haner, Robert Carlin, | ||||||
| 8 | Louis Tolliver, and Edward Alton, who rented and held the fair | ||||||
| 9 | on 40 acres of land located at the west edge of Taylorville | ||||||
| 10 | from 1924 through 1935; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, After watching the Christian County Agricultural | ||||||
| 12 | Fair grow in popularity over its first decade, the four | ||||||
| 13 | business partners purchased the fairgrounds for $5,000 in | ||||||
| 14 | 1935; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, In its early days, the Christian Country | ||||||
| 16 | Agricultural Fair was home to the most outstanding society | ||||||
| 17 | horse shows in the Midwest and was the largest society horse | ||||||
| 18 | show for county fairs in the State of Illinois; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, The Christian County Agricultural Fair also | ||||||
| 20 | sponsored harness and running races, as the track was | ||||||
| 21 | considered one of the best in the United States and was a | ||||||
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| 1 | member of the "Top Line" race circuit; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Christian County Agricultural Fair held many | ||||||
| 3 | other events during this time, including the Western Horse | ||||||
| 4 | Show and beef cattle, dairy cattle, hog, and sheep shows; in | ||||||
| 5 | its early years, it also hosted draft and mule shows and horse | ||||||
| 6 | pulling contests prior to the advent of tractor pulling | ||||||
| 7 | contests seen today; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Over the past 100 years, the Christian County | ||||||
| 9 | Agricultural Fair has been made possible thanks to hundreds of | ||||||
| 10 | Christian County residents giving thousands of hours of their | ||||||
| 11 | time, making the fair one of the finest in Illinois; | ||||||
| 12 | therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 14 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 15 | we congratulate the Christian County Agricultural Fair on its | ||||||
| 16 | centennial anniversary, and we wish the fair continued success | ||||||
| 17 | in the future; and be it further
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