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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS,  The  members   of   the   Illinois   House   of
 3    Representatives wish to recognize notable achievements in the
 4    lives of the citizens of the State of Illinois; and

 5        WHEREAS,  St.  Anne  Record  editor  and  publisher  Bill
 6    Goreham  exemplifies  the  quintessential  country  newspaper
 7    editor of the golden age; and

 8        WHEREAS,   In  an  era  when  weekly  newspapers  were  a
 9    community's sole source of local news, other than small  town
10    gossip, it was the St. Anne Record that would be the first to
11    herald  the  birth  of a new family member or the death of an
12    elderly one; and

13        WHEREAS, Bill Goreham and his brother, Donald, bought the
14    newspaper back in 1951; Mr. Goreham has been at the  helm  of
15    the  Record  since  Harry Truman occupied the White House and
16    Elvis was playing honky tonks on the  outskirts  of  Memphis;
17    Mr.  Goreham  has  single-handedly edited the newspaper since
18    his brother left the business in 1968;  Mr.  Goreham's  wife,
19    Gladys,  also  helps  out  three days a week in the editorial
20    offices on Illinois Route 1; and

21        WHEREAS, Mr. Goreham has witnessed many  advancements  in
22    the  newspaper publication industry and the transformation of
23    local journalism; today his business is about 90 percent  job
24    printing and 10 percent newspaper publication; and

25        WHEREAS,  In  all  of  his five decades of service to the
26    Record, Mr. Goreham  missed  only  one  week  of  work  while
27    recovering from cancer surgery; therefore, be it

28        RESOLVED,   BY   THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
29    NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
30    we congratulate Bill Goreham on his dedication and service to
31    the St. Anne Record for the past 50 years  and  we  wish  him
 
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 1    continued success in his venture; and be it further

 2        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
 3    presented to Bill Goreham as an expression of our esteem.

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