SALEM — State Representative Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City) is proud to announce that this Sunday twenty-seven professional players on both the Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots teams will be wearing protective helmets made in Salem, Illinois.

This year’s game will be played in Atlanta Georgia and be seen around the world in places from Canada and New Zealand to the United Kingdom and Thailand.

“I am proud that on the most watched event of the year for television, our southern Illinois community of Salem will be there on the field with each of the twenty-seven players who will be wearing helmets made right here in Illinois,” commented Rep. Blaine Wilhour. “Millions of football fans and fans of the commercial advertisements will see the quality work of people at the Salem plant.”