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| 3 | 3 | | 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| 5 | 5 | | 3 Representatives wish to congratulate the Jacksonville Country |
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| 6 | 6 | | 4 Club on its 100th anniversary; and |
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| 7 | 7 | | 5 WHEREAS, The Jacksonville Country Club was started on July |
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| 8 | 8 | | 6 21, 1899 at its original location south of Mound Road, |
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| 9 | 9 | | 7 northwest of what is now the YMCA in Jacksonville; and |
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| 10 | 10 | | 8 WHEREAS, On May 1, 1924, the current location of the |
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| 11 | 11 | | 9 Jacksonville Country Club at 100 Country Club Road was |
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| 12 | 12 | | 10 purchased by the trustees of Jacksonville Country Club |
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| 13 | 13 | | 11 Estates, which included H.W. King, H.K. Chenoweth, A.H. |
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| 14 | 14 | | 12 Dollear, C.M. Bell, Paul D. Moriarty, Nelson McMurphy, James |
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| 15 | 15 | | 13 Elliot, C.Y. Rowe, and H.P. Samuell; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | 14 WHEREAS, The Jacksonville Country Club clubhouse and nine |
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| 17 | 17 | | 15 hole golf course opened on July 4th, 1925, followed by the |
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| 18 | 18 | | 16 tennis court built in 1928, the swimming pool completed in |
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| 19 | 19 | | 17 1955, and the 18 hole golf course finished in 1966; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | 18 WHEREAS, The Jacksonville Country Club pro shop was built |
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| 21 | 21 | | 19 in 1977, followed by the formal dining room added in 1991 and |
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| 22 | 22 | | 20 the new swimming pool and bathhouse constructed in 1994; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 WHEREAS, In 2023, the Centennial Fund was launched to |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2 address various projects, including updating the clubhouse |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 together with the bar and fairway room, renovating the golf |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 course bunkers, resurfacing the tennis and pickleball courts, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5 purchasing a new golf cart fleet, upgrading computer software |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6 and hardware, improving the grounds and kitchen equipment, and |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7 retiring the mortgage; and |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 WHEREAS, These improvements over the years, as well as the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9 incredible members, administrators, and atmosphere, have made |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10 the Jacksonville Country Club one of the hidden gems of |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11 Illinois; therefore, be it |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13 HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14 we congratulate the Jacksonville Country Club on their |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15 centennial anniversary, and we wish the club continued success |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16 in the future; and be it further |
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