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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dan Osterman on the 
4occasion of his retirement after 25 years of leading Two Rivers 
5YMCA; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Dan Osterman has been with the YMCA for 40 years; 
7he began his YMCA career as a teenager in Morton; he became 
8involved with the youth group and volunteered as the teen 
9representative to the board of directors; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Dan Osterman took a job at the Peoria YMCA as a 
11locker room attendant and maintenance worker in 1971; he moved 
12through the ranks, eventually becoming the executive director 
13of a small YMCA in Chillicothe; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, Dan Osterman became executive director of the YMCA 
15in Clinton in 1982, and in 1987, accepted the Two Rivers post; 
16there were 3,400 Moline YMCA members at the time and today 
17there are 11,700; there are 275 employees and countless 
18programs offered by the Moline-based facility; and
  
 
  
19    WHEREAS, Dan Osterman leaves knowing the YMCA's mission to 
20put Christian principles into practice through programs that 
21build a healthy spirit, mind, and body for all remains in 
 
 
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1place; therefore, be it
  
 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
3NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
4we congratulate Dan Osterman on his retirement after 25 years 
5as executive director of Two Rivers YMCA; and be it further
  
 
6    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
7presented to Dan Osterman as an expression of our respect and 
8esteem.