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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Jim Horvath, | ||||||
| 4 | Western Springs 2008 Man of the Year; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Jim served on the Police Pension Board from | ||||||
| 6 | 2002-2006 and as its president in 2006; in 2005, he joined the | ||||||
| 7 | Western Springs
Community Center Association (WSCCA) Board and | ||||||
| 8 | became its treasurer in 2007; he is Village caucus precinct | ||||||
| 9 | co-chair for Precinct
2; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Both he and his wife of 39 years, Rose, are | ||||||
| 11 | members of St. John of the Cross; they are both lectors and are | ||||||
| 12 | active volunteers for
church events and with the BEDS program | ||||||
| 13 | in Brookfield; Jim has a leadership role in SAM, a men's group | ||||||
| 14 | that meets to share
values and beliefs;
Jim was among the | ||||||
| 15 | volunteers from St. John of the Cross and St. Francis parishes | ||||||
| 16 | who remodeled three homes for families displaced
by Hurricane | ||||||
| 17 | Katrina; and he was also treasurer of New Hope Connection, a | ||||||
| 18 | non-profit refugee resettlement committee, composed
of members | ||||||
| 19 | from First United Methodist Church of La Grange, both First | ||||||
| 20 | Congregational Churches of Western Springs and
La Grange, and | ||||||
| 21 | St. John of the Cross Church; and
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| 22 | WHEREAS, Since his retirement in 2000, Jim has been a | ||||||
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| 1 | volunteer income tax preparer for seniors through the Tax-Aide | ||||||
| 2 | program, a joint
venture between AARP and the IRS; this project | ||||||
| 3 | involves visiting housebound seniors to prepare their tax | ||||||
| 4 | returns; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, After his graduation from Loyola, with an | ||||||
| 6 | accounting degree and serving two years in the United States | ||||||
| 7 | Army, Jim married Rose, passed
his CPA exam, and moved to New | ||||||
| 8 | Jersey for his job with AT&T; after the AT&T divesture 25 years | ||||||
| 9 | ago, he and Rose returned to
the Chicago area with their two | ||||||
| 10 | young daughters, Janel and Leah, and bought a home in Western | ||||||
| 11 | Springs; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, He earned a master's
degree in taxation from | ||||||
| 13 | DePaul University and continued working for Ameritech in the | ||||||
| 14 | area of tax compliance; he is a past president of the Chicago | ||||||
| 15 | Tax Club, a Chicago area organization providing educational and | ||||||
| 16 | networking opportunities
for its 450 members who work in | ||||||
| 17 | taxation in both the public and private sectors; since his | ||||||
| 18 | early retirement, he has started his
own part-time accounting | ||||||
| 19 | practice, JJH Accounting, Inc.; therefore, be it
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| 20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 21 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 22 | congratulate Jim Horvath and wish him the best in his future | ||||||
| 23 | endeavors; and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to Jim Horvath as a symbol of our respect.
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