Bill Text: IL HR0479 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates the portion of Illinois Route 149 from Monroe Street to McClelland Street in West Frankfort as Bruce Fasol Way.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-30 - Resolution Adopted 111-000-000 [HR0479 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0479-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Bruce | ||||||
| 4 | Allen Fasol of West Frankfort, who passed away on January 16, | ||||||
| 5 | 2015; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Bruce Fasol was born in Benton on March 11, 1957 | ||||||
| 7 | to Pearl (nee Filkins) and Delio Fasol; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Bruce Fasol served as the voice of the West | ||||||
| 9 | Frankfort Redbirds in Max Morris Gymnasium for over 40 years, | ||||||
| 10 | broadcasting more than 4,000 games; he was a member of the | ||||||
| 11 | Illinois Broadcaster's Association Hall of Fame and recipient | ||||||
| 12 | of awards such as the Broadcast Achievement Award, the Liberty | ||||||
| 13 | Bell Award, the Illinois High School Association Distinguished | ||||||
| 14 | Media Service Award, the Outstanding Club Leadership Award from | ||||||
| 15 | Key Club International, the Merle-Jones Lifetime Achievement | ||||||
| 16 | Award, the Tom McKie Achievement Award, and many others; in | ||||||
| 17 | 2000, he was named as the Citizen of the Year for his work in | ||||||
| 18 | West Frankfort Athletics and his dedication to the community; | ||||||
| 19 | and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Bruce Fasol created, led, and assisted with dozens | ||||||
| 21 | of charity and community programs and organizations; he | ||||||
| 22 | launched the Emergency Tele-Medicine committee to help bring | ||||||
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| 1 | more advanced medical services to Southern Illinois; he was | ||||||
| 2 | instrumental in the planning of hundreds of community projects; | ||||||
| 3 | his most prized project was a coat program started in 2003 with | ||||||
| 4 | his longtime broadcast partner and best friend, Rick | ||||||
| 5 | Westermeier; the program collected and housed donated coats all | ||||||
| 6 | year and made them available free to anyone in need; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Bruce Fasol was affectionately known as "Poppa" | ||||||
| 8 | and his grandkids, Zakkary and Isabella Chambers and Bre'Anna, | ||||||
| 9 | were "Poppa's Army"; he had 2 daughters and one son-in-law, | ||||||
| 10 | Tara Fasol-Chambers and husband, Dave Chambers, and Sara Fasol; | ||||||
| 11 | and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Bruce Fasol was preceded in death by his mother, | ||||||
| 13 | Pearl Fasol; his father, Delio Fasol; his step-mother, Jesse | ||||||
| 14 | Fasol; and his sister, Carole Hood; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Bruce Fasol is remembered by his brother, Al | ||||||
| 16 | Fasol, and wife, Beverly, and their children and grandchildren, | ||||||
| 17 | as well as a cousin, whom he thought of as a little brother, | ||||||
| 18 | Michael Bret Hood, and his wife, Nancy, and daughter; | ||||||
| 19 | therefore, be it
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| 20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 21 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 22 | designate the portion of Illinois Route 149 from Monroe Street | ||||||
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| 1 | to McClelland Street in West Frankfort as Bruce Fasol Way; and | ||||||
| 2 | be it further
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| 3 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | ||||||
| 4 | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | ||||||
| 5 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | ||||||
| 6 | giving notice of the name of Bruce Fasol Way; and be it further
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| 7 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 8 | presented to the family of Bruce Fasol and the Illinois | ||||||
| 9 | Department of Transportation.
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