Bill Text: IL HR1271 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Sangamon County schoolchildren on raising over $18,000 worth of pennies and spare change to purchase the Minute Book of Sangamon County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-11-13 - Resolution Adopted [HR1271 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR1271-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 the schoolchildren of | ||||||
| 4 | Sangamon County on raising over $18,000 worth of pennies and | ||||||
| 5 | spare change over a period of two weeks in order to purchase | ||||||
| 6 | the Minute Book of Sangamon County; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The penny drive was modeled after a similar | ||||||
| 8 | campaign from the early 1940s, when Illinois State Historical | ||||||
| 9 | Library Trustee Oliver Barrett asked schoolchildren from | ||||||
| 10 | around the state to raise money to buy the "Everett Copy," a | ||||||
| 11 | copy of the Gettysburg Address written by Abraham Lincoln | ||||||
| 12 | himself; the campaign was extremely successful and raised | ||||||
| 13 | $50,000; the Everett Copy now resides at the Abraham Lincoln | ||||||
| 14 | Presidential Library and Museum; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, As part of the Illinois Bicentennial, Sangamon | ||||||
| 16 | County schoolchildren were encouraged to donate pennies and | ||||||
| 17 | spare change as part of the "Illinois Proud Penny Drive" | ||||||
| 18 | campaign, which ran for two weeks from April 16, 2018 until | ||||||
| 19 | April 27, 2018, with a goal of $15,000; that goal was | ||||||
| 20 | surpassed, and $18,031 was raised; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Proceeds from the Illinois Proud Penny drive will | ||||||
| 22 | be used to buy the Minute Book of the Sangamon County Circuit | ||||||
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| 1 | Court from July 6, 1835 to July 7, 1838, which contains a | ||||||
| 2 | certification that formally admitted Abraham Lincoln to the | ||||||
| 3 | Illinois Bar and attested to his "good moral character"; in | ||||||
| 4 | addition, the book contains records of some of the earliest | ||||||
| 5 | cases with which Abraham Lincoln and his law partner, John Todd | ||||||
| 6 | Stuart, were involved; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The penny drive was a true community effort, | ||||||
| 8 | involving not only children from more than 60 Sangamon County | ||||||
| 9 | schools, but also contributors such as the Sangamon County Bar | ||||||
| 10 | Association and Staab Funeral Homes, as well as partners | ||||||
| 11 | including the Bank of Springfield, Pease's at Bunn Gourmet, | ||||||
| 12 | Midwest Family Broadcasting, Looking for Lincoln, Springfield | ||||||
| 13 | Pepsi Bottling Company, Giganti & Giganti, Staff Carpet, | ||||||
| 14 | Midwest Office Supply, and the Illinois Bicentennial | ||||||
| 15 | Commission; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Because of the efforts of these community partners | ||||||
| 17 | and the schoolchildren of Sangamon County, the Minute Book of | ||||||
| 18 | Sangamon County will be brought back to Mr. Lincoln's hometown | ||||||
| 19 | and displayed in the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum for | ||||||
| 20 | visitors to admire; therefore, be it
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| 21 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 22 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 23 | congratulate the children of Sangamon County on their efforts | ||||||
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| 1 | to bring this historic Lincoln artifact back to his hometown, | ||||||
| 2 | and we admire their hard work and dedication, as well as that | ||||||
| 3 | of the community, to make a meaningful impact out of spare | ||||||
| 4 | change; and be it further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 6 | presented to Jilinda Larson, Superintendent of Tri-City CUSD | ||||||
| 7 | #1, Lance Thurman, Superintendent of Rochester CUSD #3A, | ||||||
| 8 | Douglas Wood, Superintendent of Ball Chatham CUSD #5, Matt | ||||||
| 9 | Runge, Superintendent of Pleasant Plains CUSD #8, Darren Root, | ||||||
| 10 | Superintendent of Auburn CUSD #10, Gary Alexander, | ||||||
| 11 | Superintendent of Pawnee CUSD #11, Brad Polanin, | ||||||
| 12 | Superintendent of Riverton CUSD #14, Adam Ehrman, | ||||||
| 13 | Superintendent of New Berlin CUSD #16, Jennifer Gill, | ||||||
| 14 | Superintendent of Springfield SD 186, Dawn Klinner, Principal | ||||||
| 15 | of Blessed Sacrament, Glenn Rollins, Principal of Lutheran High | ||||||
| 16 | School, William Moredock, Principal of Little Flower School, | ||||||
| 17 | Kara Rapacz, Principal of Sacred Heart-Griffin, Rich Harkins, | ||||||
| 18 | Principal of St. Aloysius School, Jan Williams, Principal of | ||||||
| 19 | St. Patrick Grade School, Zachary Klug, Principal of Trinity | ||||||
| 20 | Lutheran School, Pam Fahey, Principal of Christ the King | ||||||
| 21 | School, and Jay Hinckley, Principal of Calvary Academy.
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