Full Text of HR0726 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Lieutenant Gary | 4 | | Bober of West Dundee on the occasion of his retirement from the | 5 | | Streamwood Fire Department on December 30, 2011, after over 34 | 6 | | years of service; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Gary Bober began his firefighter career in West | 8 | | Dundee in 1976 as a Paid-On-Call Firefighter; he continued to | 9 | | work as a Paid-On-Call for West Dundee until 1983; in 1978, he | 10 | | was hired as a career firefighter in Maywood; he resigned from | 11 | | Maywood when he was hired by the Streamwood Fire Department on | 12 | | August 14, 1978; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Gary Bober steadily ascended the ranks of the | 14 | | Streamwood Fire Department; he was promoted to the rank of | 15 | | lieutenant on July 20, 1988; he also served as the dive master | 16 | | of the Department in the 1980s and developed a HazMat team | 17 | | involving area fire departments in 1985; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Gary Bober earned numerous State of Illinois | 19 | | Certifications during his career; on April 20, 1983, he was | 20 | | awarded the "Firefighter III" certificate; on September 29, | 21 | | 1984, he achieved "Fire Apparatus Engineer"; on October 2, | 22 | | 1989, he earned "HazMat Technician" status; on July 7, 1989, he |
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| 1 | | earned "Certified Instructor II"; on January 23, 1992, he | 2 | | received "Certified Fire Officer I"; on March 12, 2010, he | 3 | | earned "Hazmat Incident Command"; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Gary Bober earned numerous accolades from the | 5 | | Streamwood Fire Department for his meritorious service, | 6 | | including the "Disaster Service Medal" on February 28, 1999 for | 7 | | participating in 3 structure fires and the "Meritorious Service | 8 | | Award" on June 6, 1999 for rescuing a victim from a residential | 9 | | structure fire; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Gary Bober and his wife, Anna, have 2 daughters, | 11 | | Tracey and Jill; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we congratulate Gary Bober on the occasion of his retirement | 15 | | and wish him many happy and healthy retirement years; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to Gary Bober as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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