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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate Jim Allsopp on the
4occasion of his retirement after 35 years with the Federal
5Government, 34 with the National Weather Service; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Jim Allsopp has been with the National Weather
7Service Chicago Forecast Office located in Romeoville at Lewis
8Airport since 1991; he has been serving as the Warning
9Coordination Meteorologist, the only person to hold that
10position at the Chicago office since it was created, partly in
11response to the 1990 Plainfield tornado; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Jim Allsopp has been involved in a wide range of
13activities related to severe weather warning, public
14education, and many other areas; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Jim Allsopp was born in Hinsdale and currently
16resides in Channahon; and
 
17    WHEREAS, An open house will be held to honor Jim Allsopp at
18the National Weather Service Office on November 22, 2013 and a
19party will be held on December 7, 2013 at Al's Steakhouse to
20celebrate his retirement; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
3we congratulate Jim Allsopp on his retirement from the National
4Weather Service and the Federal Government and wish him the
5best in all his future endeavors; and be it further
 
6    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7presented to Jim Allsopp as an expression of our esteem and
8respect.