Bill Text: IL HR0729 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the Jacksonville Country Club on their centennial anniversary, and wishes the club continued success in the future.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-30 - Resolution Adopted [HR0729 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0729-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the Jacksonville Country | ||||||
| 4 | Club on its 100th anniversary; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The Jacksonville Country Club was started on July | ||||||
| 6 | 21, 1899 at its original location south of Mound Road, | ||||||
| 7 | northwest of what is now the YMCA in Jacksonville; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, On May 1, 1924, the current location of the | ||||||
| 9 | Jacksonville Country Club at 100 Country Club Road was | ||||||
| 10 | purchased by the trustees of Jacksonville Country Club | ||||||
| 11 | Estates, which included H.W. King, H.K. Chenoweth, A.H. | ||||||
| 12 | Dollear, C.M. Bell, Paul D. Moriarty, Nelson McMurphy, James | ||||||
| 13 | Elliot, C.Y. Rowe, and H.P. Samuell; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, The Jacksonville Country Club clubhouse and nine | ||||||
| 15 | hole golf course opened on July 4th, 1925, followed by the | ||||||
| 16 | tennis court built in 1928, the swimming pool completed in | ||||||
| 17 | 1955, and the 18 hole golf course finished in 1966; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, The Jacksonville Country Club pro shop was built | ||||||
| 19 | in 1977, followed by the formal dining room added in 1991 and | ||||||
| 20 | the new swimming pool and bathhouse constructed in 1994; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, In 2023, the Centennial Fund was launched to | ||||||
| 2 | address various projects, including updating the clubhouse | ||||||
| 3 | together with the bar and fairway room, renovating the golf | ||||||
| 4 | course bunkers, resurfacing the tennis and pickleball courts, | ||||||
| 5 | purchasing a new golf cart fleet, upgrading computer software | ||||||
| 6 | and hardware, improving the grounds and kitchen equipment, and | ||||||
| 7 | retiring the mortgage; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, These improvements over the years, as well as the | ||||||
| 9 | incredible members, administrators, and atmosphere, have made | ||||||
| 10 | the Jacksonville Country Club one of the hidden gems of | ||||||
| 11 | Illinois; therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 13 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 14 | we congratulate the Jacksonville Country Club on their | ||||||
| 15 | centennial anniversary, and we wish the club continued success | ||||||
| 16 | in the future; and be it further
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