HR0626 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives wish to congratulate Doug Quick on being named the Illiana Genealogical & Historical Society Foundation's 2024 Historical Preservation Award honoree; and

WHEREAS, Doug Quick's nearly five-decade career in broadcasting began in 1974 at WTIM/WTIM-FM in his hometown of Taylorville; he worked at several Central Illinois radio stations over the years until his move to television; and

WHEREAS, Doug Quick began at WICD-TV as promotions director in 1994; he then had a successful 25-year career as a radio broadcaster, manager, and sales representative; he retired as the market's longest tenured weathercaster on September 30, 2021, having been broadcasting weather at the Champaign studios since 1996; and

WHEREAS, Doug Quick has been active over the years in the preservation of Vermilion County and Central Illinois history, primarily in the fields of communications and the early years of television in Central Illinois; in 2017, he published Pictures on the Prairie: The First Ten Years of Mid-Illinois Television; he has maintained his Central Illinois OnLine Broadcast Museum at dougquick.com for over 20 years; and

WHEREAS, Doug Quick has been awarded the Silver Circle Award from the Midwest Academy of Television Arts and Science in 2013, the Silver Dome Award for Medium Market Best Anchor in 2017 and in 2022, and the Russell Withers Jr. Broadcast Pioneer Award for Central Illinois; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Doug Quick on being named the Illiana Genealogical & Historical Society Foundation's 2024 Historical Preservation Award honoree; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Doug Quick as a symbol of our respect and esteem.