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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 honor Leon Slovikoski on his 
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retirement as the Village of Bradley Treasurer; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Leon Slovikoski

was born on January 18, 1922 in 
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Bradley; he attended
St. Joseph Grade School and Bradley High 
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School; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, He was a member of the first basketball team from 
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his high school to make it to the sweet sixteen tournament; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, He is a veteran of World War II, serving in the 
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82nd Airborne Glider Regiment, Fort Bragg North Carolina from  
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April 1943 to August 1945; he married  Claire Suprenant

in 1947; 
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and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, He entered college under the  G.I. Bill in   1947

and 
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graduated in   1949 from Eastern Illinois University; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS,
He was hired by A.O. Smith in  1950 as an 
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accounting clerk and retired in  January 1982 as Plant 
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Controller; he was elected a Trustee for the Village of Bradley 
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in 1967
and re-elected in 1971 and 1975, serving until 1979; 
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during that time, the expansion of the Village Municipal 
 


 






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Building took place;

in 1982,
he was appointed Treasurer for 
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the Village and implemented the computer system for financial 
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procedures
during his tenure; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Slovikoski is retiring on March 31, 2010, 
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after many years of service to the community; therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Leon Slovikoski on his years of service and wish 
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him the best for the future; and be it further
  
 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Leon Slovikoski as a symbol of our respect and 
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esteem.