Full Text of HR0730 96th General Assembly
HR0730 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to thank the workers of Waste | 4 |
| Management Inc. in Elgin for their hard work and diligence in | 5 |
| saving Old Glory from the trash; and
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| WHEREAS, All 26 drivers at Waste Management's Elgin | 7 |
| facility work together to pull flags from the trash; the idea | 8 |
| started about four years ago with two drivers who now work for | 9 |
| the company in other towns; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, Representatives with the American Legion's | 11 |
| headquarters in Indianapolis, blame ignorance of federal code, | 12 |
| which says United States flags should be discarded in a | 13 |
| dignified manner, preferably by burning; boxes of flags in the | 14 |
| office fill up more before a big holiday, such as Memorial Day | 15 |
| or the 4th of July; some arrive torn to pieces, others are in | 16 |
| nearly perfect condition; and
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| WHEREAS, Since October of 2008, 304 flags have been | 18 |
| collected out of the garbage and donated to the American Legion | 19 |
| Post 57 in Elgin; the American Legion properly disposes of used | 20 |
| American flags, whether large or small; and
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| WHEREAS, The men and women of Waste Management Inc. |
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| include: Tom Sundstrom,
Mike Mulvey,
Mike Schuiteman,
Timothy | 2 |
| Weiher,
William S.
Baker, Stephen Barak, Don
Barr, Mathew
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| Binzen, Robert
Buhlman, Ken
Buhlman, Steve
Bywater, Anthony
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| Campagna, Hugo
Cortez, Alan
Crawford, Julian
Davis,
Mel Dodge, | 5 |
| Leonard
Hasemen, Chris
Henning, Charles
Henson, Joe
Jannuzio, | 6 |
| Donald
Juarez, Kyle
Klapprodt, Karl
Kolstoe, Jason
Kropp, Mark
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| Kryger, Ken
Lancaste, Luis
Lara, Jamie
Lauderdale, Sue
Lewis, | 8 |
| David
Luplow, Brian
Massow, Dale
Mathews, Robert
McMiller, Dave | 9 |
| Miedema, Mike Straight,
Eduardo Moreno, Marcus Pettaway, | 10 |
| Gordon Porter, Jesse Reuter, Craig Rohrsen, Alvaro Rubio, | 11 |
| Barbara Shachter, Russel
Skepnek, Tom
Smith, Mike
Soto, Rick | 12 |
| Walters, Rodney Weber, Dan Zielke, Doug
Zywiciel, Eric Bendler, | 13 |
| Jamie
Enger, Kenneth
Holt, Tom
Klasen, Mike
Nelson, Charles
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| Strackney, Steve Wasik,
Anita Mottys,
and Brandy Maier; and
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| WHEREAS, Jeff Olson, a native of Canada, has dual | 16 |
| citizenship and pulls in more flags than any other Waste | 17 |
| Management worker; he was recently honored by the American | 18 |
| Legion in Elgin and the State of Illinois American Legion for | 19 |
| his efforts; and
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| WHEREAS, Working together, the men and women of Waste | 21 |
| Management Inc. have shown patriotism and pride in their | 22 |
| country and the flag through these efforts; 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 | 2 |
| thank Jeff Olson and the men and women of Waste Management Inc. | 3 |
| in Elgin for their hard work in saving Old Glory from the trash | 4 |
| and making sure that flags are disposed of in a proper manner; | 5 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to the men and women of Waste Management Inc. in | 8 |
| Elgin as a symbol of our respect.
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