Bill Text: IL HR0957 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Recognizes the 50th anniversary of the Mahomet Public Library.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Passed) 2016-01-27 - Resolution Adopted [HR0957 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HR0957-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
Representatives wish to recognize the 50th anniversary of the
founding of the Mahomet Public Library; and
WHEREAS, The Mahomet Public Library was founded in 1966,
starting out with 3,000 books, art prints, and phonograph
records; today, it has over 36,500 books, 2,500 DVDs, 3,500
music CDs and audiobooks, and more than 30,000 digital titles
available through membership in various consortia; it has
expanded from one room on Main Street to a new,
13,000-square-foot facility that also provides a meeting place
for the community; and
WHEREAS, The Mahomet Public Library grew out of the efforts
of a local women's club in the mid-1960s; in January of 1966,
members of the Mahomet Town & Country Club - precursor to
today's Town & Country Womens Club - formed a committee to
explore the possibility of establishing a library; the first
Mahomet Township Library opened its doors to the public on
October 1, 1967; the first year's operating budget was a modest
$9,600, plus $4,100 for facility costs; and
WHEREAS, Ruby Goode was hired as the first librarian in
1968, replacing interim librarian Charles Dawson; she was

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followed by Paula Emmons in 1977 and Nan Goodell - the
library's first full-time director - in 1980; current Library
Director Lynn Schmit has occupied her position for more than
half of the library's history, joining the library in 1988; and
WHEREAS, In the fall of 1981, the library moved into a
4,000-square-foot building at 512 E. Main (now headquarters for
Mahomet Township); the following year saw the founding of the
Friends of the Mahomet Library, a non-profit group whose
fundraising efforts include the Run for the Library; and
WHEREAS, In the 1990s, Mahomet was growing quickly and
outgrowing its library; the Mahomet Public Library moved into
its current building in 2009; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
recognize the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Mahomet
Public Library and we wish them many more wonderful years; and
be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the Mahomet Public Library as an expression of our
esteem and respect.