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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are pleased to congratulate the citizens of the 
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Village of Vernon Hills on the occasion of the village's 50th 
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anniversary on July 16, 2008; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The Village of Vernon Hills began as an outgrowth 
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of a small 125-house subdivision built by developers Quinn 
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Hogan and Barney Loeb; the village was formally incorporated on 
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July 16, 1958; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The Village of Vernon Hills grew from a few 
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hundred residents to 5,600 during its first two decades; by 
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1980, the census reported a total of 9,827 people living in 
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Vernon Hills; today, Vernon Hills is home to 23,353 people; and

 
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    WHEREAS, During the Village of Vernon Hills' early years, 
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the village hall and police headquarters were located in the 
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lobby of a local motel; most official business was conducted in 
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the home of the village clerk until 1971, when village trustees 
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purchased two portable buildings, which were located on Oakwood 
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Road; the village's first administrator and police chief were 
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hired in 1973; in November of 1973, the Vernon Hills Park 
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District was formed; in 1979, a new combination police and 
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public works building was erected at 490 Greenleaf; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, In 1965, the Vernon Hills Police Department 
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consisted of a group of village trustees serving as deputies; 
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by 1978, it had become a force of fifteen full-time officers; 
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today, the Vernon Hills Police Department consists of 72 men 
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and women in a state-of-the-art building completed in March of 
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1992; and the Vernon Hills Police Department is the only 
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certified department wholly in Lake County; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The former Tally Ho Country Club clubhouse served 
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as the Vernon Hills village hall from 1980 until April of 2002, 
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when a new 35,000 square foot village hall was completed; the 
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new building houses the Managers' Office, the Human Resources, 
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Finance, Engineering, and Community Development Departments, 
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the Building Division, and the Clerk's Office, with the Vernon 
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Hills Seniors Organization and the Interim Evergreen Branch of 
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the Cook Memorial Library District sharing the lower level; the 
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building was dedicated in honor of the citizens of Vernon Hills 
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in August of 2002; the former village hall was then turned over 
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to the Vernon Hills Park District for use as a community 
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center, which was renamed "The Larry Laschen Community Center" 
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on December 17, 2002 to commemorate the achievements of Mr. 
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Larry Laschen, the former Police Chief, Village Manager, and 
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Director of Public Safety for Vernon Hills; and
 
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    WHEREAS, The nine-hole Vernon Hills Golf Course was donated 
 


 






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to the village by the owners of the Tally Ho properties and was 
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opened to the public in August of 1979; and
 
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    WHEREAS, The great prosperity and growth that the Village 
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of Vernon Hills has enjoyed is a direct result of the hard work 
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and dedication of its fine citizens; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate the citizens of the Village of Vernon Hills on the 
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occasion of the village's 50th anniversary and wish them 
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continued success and happiness in the future; and be it 
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further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Vernon Hills Village President Roger Byrne
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symbol of our esteem and respect.