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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The City of Pana will celebrate its |
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| sesquicentennial with special events scheduled throughout |
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| 2006; Pana was incorporated in 1856; and
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| WHEREAS, For 150 years, Proud Pana, the city that moved |
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| from the prairie to the crossroads of four railroads, has been |
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| in the center of Illinois where the Union Pacific Railroad and |
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| Illinois Routes 29 and 16 meet U.S. 51; during its history, |
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| Pana became famous for coal, roses, corn, basketball, and |
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| tremendous civic pride; and
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| WHEREAS, The City of Pana, population 5,614, is located in |
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| the southeast corner of Christian County; in January of 1855, a |
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| surveyor for the Illinois Central Railroad recorded a plat in |
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| Stone Coal Precinct, Coal Creek Township, for their rail bed |
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| and marked Pana on his survey at a point where the Illinois |
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| Central rail intersected the rail of the Indianapolis & St. |
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| Louis Railroad, later the New York Central Railroad; and
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| WHEREAS, On September 2, 1856, Coal Creek Township was |
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| renamed Pana Township, possibly as a credit to the Pawnee/Pana |
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| Indians who hunted the prairie in the area; and
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| WHEREAS, Late in 1856, a charter was submitted to the |
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| Illinois legislature to create the City of Pana, population |
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| 850, with 68 houses and one Presbyterian Church; and
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| WHEREAS, Names of notoriety of Pana's first century |
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| residents include Civil War Captain and Mrs. John W. (Little) |
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| Kitchell, sculptor Leonard Crunell, All-American sportsman |
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| A.J. "Butch" Nowack, journalist and author James Vincent |
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| Sheean, artist John Zwinak, violinist Florian Zabach, and many |
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| more; and
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| WHEREAS, The Pana community shares central Illinois with |
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| great neighbors in Assumption, Oconee, Rosamond, and Tower |
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| Hill; and
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| WHEREAS, Today Pana is home to Anderson Prairie, |
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| Carnegie-Schuyler Library, the Christian County Housing |
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| Authority, Coal Creek Pioneer Village, Historic Kitchell Park, |
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| Lake Pana, the Lincoln Prairie Bike and Hike Trail, over a |
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| dozen murals, Oak Terrace Resort, the Old Railroad Switch |
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| Tower, Pana Community Hospital, Pana Heritage Day, Pana |
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| Industrial Park, the Pana Labor Day Parade, the Pana Panthers, |
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| Pana School Unit 8, nearby Rosamond Grove Cemetery, - 18 foot |
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| Lincoln Statue - Mary Lincoln Cannon, Roseland Theater, Tanner |
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| Sports Park, the Tri-County Fair, 20 Churches, 37 |
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| clubs/organizations, and a multitude of great businesses that |
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| serve the community; Pana is also known as the western gateway |
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| to Lake Shelbyville, and Pana has strong ties to Shelbyville, |
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| Nokomis, Taylorville, Herrick, Springfield, and Decatur, as |
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| well as Ramsey and Vandalia; and
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| WHEREAS, Several activities during the year long |
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| sesquicentennial celebration are being planned, many being |
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| planned to take place at the well-known Kitchell Park in the |
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| historic Chatuaqua Pavilion; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| that we congratulate the City of Pana on the occasion of its |
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| sesquicentennial celebration; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the City of Pana as an expression of our esteem.
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