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1
HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
3 State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Sheriff Larry N.
4 Smith of Greenview on being elected President of the Illinois
5 Sheriffs' Association; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Sheriff Smith was born on August 25, 1954 to Bryce
7 N. and Joy L. Smith; he graduated from Greenview High School in
8 1972 and was valedictorian of his class; he received a B.S. in
9 chemistry in 1976 from Upper Iowa University; he married
10 Deborah on June 26, 1976; he is a lifelong resident of Menard
11 County; he, Deborah, and their daughter, Andrea, live on the
12 family farm near Greenview; and
 
13     WHEREAS, Sheriff Smith worked for MAPCO, Inc. in
14 Agricultural Chemical Sales from 1976 to 1984 and was Chemical
15 Sales Manager from 1980 to 1984; and
 
16     WHEREAS, In 1985, Sheriff Smith began his law enforcement
17 career as Deputy Sheriff in the Menard County Sheriff's Office;
18 he graduated from the Police Training Institute at the
19 University of Illinois in 1988; he received training in the
20 basic law enforcement course and received the Ervin H. Warren
21 Award for Excellence and the Scholastic Award for the
22 highest-class score; and
 
23     WHEREAS, In 1990, Sheriff Smith was elected Menard County
24 Sheriff; he was re-elected in 1994, 1998, and 2002; he has been
25 active in the Illinois Sheriffs' Association since 1990, and,
26 in 1995, he was elected to the organization's Executive Board;
27 therefore, be it
 
28     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
29 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
30 congratulate Sheriff Larry N. Smith on being elected President

 

 

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1 of the Illinois Sheriffs' Association; and be it further
 
2     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3 presented to Sheriff Larry N. Smith as an expression of our
4 respect and esteem.