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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The notable gumshoe in yellow from the pages of
3 the funny papers, Dick Tracy, is celebrating his 75th
4 anniversary on October 4, 2006; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Dick Tracy was created by Chester Gould, a
6 Woodstock, Illinois, native, and is currently penned by Dick
7 Locher, a Naperville, Illinois, native, in the comic strip
8 "Dick Tracy", which takes place in the city by the lake; and
 
9     WHEREAS, In honor of this anniversary, Dick Tracy will be
10 recognized nationally in comic strips, including "Brenda
11 Starr", "Gil Thorp", "Gasoline Alley", "Mutts", "Blondie", and
12 many others; and
 
13     WHEREAS, It is fitting that we should honor a comic strip
14 with the longevity and notoriety of "Dick Tracy"; therefore, be
15 it
 
16     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
17 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
18 in honor of the 75th anniversary of Dick Tracy, an American
19 icon, we recognize October 4, 2006, as "Dick Tracy Day" in the
20 State of Illinois; and be it further
 
21     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
22 presented to Dick Locher and to Mrs. Jean Gould O'Connell as an
23 expression of our esteem and in recognition of this milestone
24 anniversary.