Full Text of HR0192 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Ron Kiefer on being named | 4 | | the 2015 Citizen of the Year by the City of Darien; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ron Kiefer has been an educator, counselor, and | 6 | | principal in the Cicero School District; after 34 years of | 7 | | guiding, enriching, and enhancing thousands of young lives, he | 8 | | retired in 2000; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Ron Kiefer was a member of the Jaycees in the | 10 | | 1960s and 1970s; in 1971, he was selected as one of the "Ten | 11 | | Outstanding Young Men" by the Illinois Jaycees; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Ron Kiefer was elected to the Morton College Board | 13 | | of Trustees in 1983, serving 7 years, 2 of them as Board | 14 | | Chairman; he served 2 years as Chairman of the Educational | 15 | | Excellence Committee of the Illinois Community College | 16 | | Trustees Association and was Chairman of the West Suburban | 17 | | Region of Community Trustees for one year; he served over 20 | 18 | | years with the Morton Scholarship League, 10 of them as | 19 | | President; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Ron Kiefer served as President of the Children's | 21 | | Center of Cicero-Berwyn and was awarded the "Hold My Hand |
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| 1 | | Award" in 2007; he also served on the Youth Opportunities | 2 | | Subcommittee of the Cicero Youth Task Force; he is an avid | 3 | | supporter of SEASPAR and UCP; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Ron Kiefer has been an important member of the | 5 | | Darien Lions Club since 2001; he has been a member of Darien's | 6 | | Planning and Zoning Commission since October of 2002; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Ron Kiefer is known to be a good neighbor and | 8 | | friend who checks on the well-being of his elderly neighbors, | 9 | | clears their snow in winter, and cuts their grass in the | 10 | | summer; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Ron Kiefer has been a resident of Darien since | 12 | | 1990; he and Esther Kiefer married in 1996 and they have 2 | 13 | | children, Brian and Lynn, and 4 grandchildren, Christina, | 14 | | Colin, Camden, and Sloane; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Ron Kiefer epitomizes what a "citizen of the year" | 16 | | should be; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 | | congratulate Ron Kiefer on being named the 2015 Citizen of the | 20 | | Year by the City of Darien; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Ron Kiefer as an expression of our esteem and | 3 | | respect.
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