Bill Text: IL HR1124 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Stanley D. Banash on the publication of his 3rd book, Roadside History of Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-05-21 - Resolution Adopted [HR1124 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR1124-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate
Stanley D. Banash "Tex" on | ||||||
4 | the publication of his third book, Roadside
History of Illinois | ||||||
5 | (Mountain Press, 2013); and
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6 | WHEREAS, Roadside History of Illinois is the first book in | ||||||
7 | more than 30 years to focus on the
history of the State; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Roadside History of Illinois is designed to | ||||||
9 | educate and guide motorists and
tourists along old U.S. | ||||||
10 | highways, State roadways, and county roads to the people, | ||||||
11 | places, and
events that contributed to the State's historic | ||||||
12 | development; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Roadside History of Illinois highlights the 7 | ||||||
14 | regions of the State - Southern
Illinois: Between the Great | ||||||
15 | Rivers; Western Illinois: Utopia on the Prairie; Central | ||||||
16 | Illinois:
Lincoln's Legacy; Eastern Illinois: More than You | ||||||
17 | Expect; Northern Illinois: Rock River and
Beyond; Greater | ||||||
18 | Chicagoland: Metropolitan Diversity; and Chicago: City of | ||||||
19 | Neighborhoods; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Roadside History of Illinois provides more than | ||||||
21 | 125 historic and modern images and features over 250 cities, |
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1 | towns, and villages; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Roadside History of Illinois includes a special | ||||||
3 | introduction by the late Dee Brown,
author of the | ||||||
4 | internationally acclaimed book, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, | ||||||
5 | and a former
agriculture librarian at the University of | ||||||
6 | Illinois at Champaign-Urbana; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Roadside History of Illinois has been praised by | ||||||
8 | former U.S. Senator Adlai E.
Stevenson III and Chief Deputy | ||||||
9 | Director of the Illinois State Archives Wayne C. Temple, Ph.D.; | ||||||
10 | and
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11 | WHEREAS, Stan Banash retains a great love of Illinois, | ||||||
12 | Civil War, and Old West history that
began at an early age and | ||||||
13 | continues to this day; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Stan Banash served 4 years in the United States | ||||||
15 | Air Force (Strategic Air
Command), graduated from Northwestern | ||||||
16 | University with a Bachelor of Philosophy degree in
Political | ||||||
17 | Science (1968), and graduated from Roosevelt University with a | ||||||
18 | Master of Arts degree
in Urban Studies (1972), and owned and | ||||||
19 | operated a home-based public relations, association
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20 | management, and political consulting business (1972-2014); and
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21 | WHEREAS, Stan Banash served as an administrative assistant |
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1 | for press relations to Lt. Gov. Neil F. Hartigan (1973-1974) | ||||||
2 | and served as Executive Director of the Illinois Law Revision
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3 | Commission (1976-1984); and
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4 | WHEREAS, Stan Banash authored more than 10 feature articles | ||||||
5 | for various national and local
publications and reviewed more | ||||||
6 | than 30 books for national publications; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Stan Banash authored 2 earlier books - Best of Dee | ||||||
8 | Brown's West (Clear Light,
1998) and Dee Brown's Civil War | ||||||
9 | Anthology (Clear Light, 1998); and
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10 | WHEREAS, Stan Banash became knowledgeable about a | ||||||
11 | life-saving maneuver after attending
a private luncheon with | ||||||
12 | Dr. Henry Heimlich, who devised the Heimlich Maneuver to save a
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13 | person's life when choking and brought the maneuver to the | ||||||
14 | attention of State Rep. Ralph C.
Capparelli, who authored the | ||||||
15 | legislation in 1976 and again in 1977 to make it mandatory for | ||||||
16 | all
eating establishments in Illinois to display a poster that | ||||||
17 | explains the life-saving procedure on
choking victims as | ||||||
18 | devised by Dr. Henry Heimlich; the legislation became law on | ||||||
19 | January 1,
1978 and, since then, Stan Banash has been called | ||||||
20 | upon to use the Heimlich Maneuver 3
times, thereby, saving the | ||||||
21 | lives of 3 people; and
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22 | WHEREAS, Stan Banash wrote the speech delivered by Billy |
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1 | Williams of the Chicago Cubs
during his induction into the | ||||||
2 | National Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York on July
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3 | 26, 1987; and
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4 | WHEREAS, The speech also included the previously unknown | ||||||
5 | information that former
Baseball Commissioner Albert B. | ||||||
6 | "Happy" Chandler overruled the league's 15 owners who
earlier | ||||||
7 | opposed the entry of Jackie Robinson into the National League, | ||||||
8 | to bring Jackie Robinson
up to the Brooklyn Dodgers; if | ||||||
9 | Commissioner Chandler had not taken the action when he did,
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10 | Jackie Robinson would not have broken the color barrier in | ||||||
11 | 1947; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Stan Banash has been an active member of his | ||||||
13 | community, serving as Secretary (1985-1987) and
President | ||||||
14 | (1988-1994) of the Edison Park Chamber of Commerce, Chairperson | ||||||
15 | of the 41st Ward Zoning
Advisory Board (1993-2011), established | ||||||
16 | by 41 Ward Aid. Brian
Doherty, and Sheriff of the | ||||||
17 | Westerners-Chicago Corral (1996-2001); and
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18 | WHEREAS, Stan Banash is a member of the Western Writers of | ||||||
19 | America, Society of Midland
Authors, Western History | ||||||
20 | Association, Westerners-Chicago Corral, Westerners | ||||||
21 | International,
and American Legion Edison Park Post 541; | ||||||
22 | therefore, be it
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1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
2 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
3 | we congratulate Stanley D. Banash on the release of his third | ||||||
4 | book, Roadside History of Illinois, wish him continued success | ||||||
5 | in his writing and in his efforts to further the history of | ||||||
6 | Illinois among its residents, and we wish him happiness in the | ||||||
7 | future; and be it further
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8 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
9 | presented to Stanley D. Banash as a
symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
10 | respect.
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