January 31, 2024
SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. 8
DIGEST OF RESOLUTION
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department
of Transportation to rename a section of US 41 between West 93rd
Avenue and West 109th Avenue in Saint John, Indiana, "Schilling
Way".
Dernulc, Niemeyer
(HOUSE SPONSORS — SLAGER, PRESSEL)
January 18, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Homeland Security and
Transportation.
January 23, 2024, reported favorably — Do Pass.
January 25, 2024, read second time, adopted by voice vote.
HOUSE ACTION
January 31, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation.
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Second Regular Session 123rd General Assembly (2024)
SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. 8
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana
2 Department of Transportation to rename a section of US 41
3 between West 93rd Avenue and West 109th Avenue in Saint
4 John, Indiana, "Schilling Way".
5 Whereas, In the 1920s, twin brothers Frank J. and Louis W.
6 Schilling learned the construction and land development
7 business under the careful instruction of their father, Louis B.
8 Schilling, in Chicago Heights, Illinois;
9 Whereas, In the 1930s, the Schilling brothers settled in St.
10 John, Indiana, where they built family homes and opened a
11 Mobil gas station along a gravel US 41;
12 Whereas, In 1945, the Schilling brothers opened Schilling
13 Lumber and began a legacy of developing various properties
14 across St. John, including housing communities, restaurants,
15 gas stations, the Schilling Inn, the St. John Mall, and even the
16 first local bank;
17 Whereas, In 1965, Frank Schilling began working as a full
18 time employee at Schilling Lumber (now Schillings Home
19 Improvement Center), leading the second generation in
20 growing the family business by expanding the products offered
21 at the store to encompass nearly every product needed for home
22 remodeling, improvement, and construction;
23 Whereas, After 45 years in the family business, Frank was
24 instrumental in opening a full service lumber yard and
25 showroom in Mokena, Illinois, in 2010, allowing the family to
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1 enter into a new state and market;
2 Whereas, Outside of his work as President of Schillings
3 Home Improvement Center, Frank is a devout Catholic and
4 parishioner, his patronage having included purchasing and
5 donating local hilltop farmland to the St. John the Evangelist
6 Church, which has resided at this location since 2008;
7 Whereas, Directly across from the Church, Frank owns and
8 maintains a 15-foot tall Marian shrine, originally constructed
9 by his grandfather in 1954, and was inspired to improve the
10 shrine by building a path from it to the hilltop;
11 Whereas, Frank's alterations to the shrine have grown into
12 a decades-long multimillion dollar family investment to create
13 the Shrine of Christ's Passion, a twisting half-mile trail
14 connecting 18 meditation grottos, 40 life-sized bronze statues,
15 over 1,000 trees, the Sanctity of Life Memorial, a religious gift
16 shop, and accompanying audio that greets more than 200,000
17 pilgrims per year from 40 countries as one of the most popular
18 Catholic shrines in the Midwest;
19 Whereas, For his decades of work in business and in
20 support of his local community, Frank was named to the Times
21 Media Company's Times Business & Industry Hall of Fame in
22 2016 and given a Sagamore of the Wabash by Governor Eric
23 Holcomb in 2021; and
24 Whereas, It is fitting for the Indiana Department of
25 Transportation to rename a section of US 41 between West
26 93rd Avenue and West 109th Avenue in Saint John, Indiana,
27 "Schilling Way": Therefore,
28 Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly
29 of the State of Indiana, the House of Representatives
30 concurring:
31 SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly urges the
32 Indiana Department of Transportation to rename a section of
33 US 41 between West 93rd Avenue and West 109th Avenue in
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1 Saint John, Indiana, "Schilling Way".
2 SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed
3 to transmit copies of this Resolution to Frank Schilling and the
4 Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Transportation.
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COMMITTEE REPORT
Madam President: The Senate Committee on Homeland Security
and Transportation, to which was referred Senate Concurrent
Resolution No. 8, has had the same under consideration and begs leave
to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that
said resolution DO PASS.
(Reference is to SC 8 as introduced.)
CRIDER, Chairperson
Committee Vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0
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