Full Text of HR0440 95th General Assembly
HR0440 95TH 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 commemorate the 100th | 4 |
| anniversary of the Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company, October | 5 |
| 11, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, A four-story resort hotel, the Glen Ellyn Hotel, | 7 |
| burned to the ground in 1906; because of the destruction, the | 8 |
| establishment of the first water system in the community, as | 9 |
| well as the Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company, came about; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, On October 11, 1907 the Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire | 11 |
| Department was chartered; Harry Blackburn was appointed Fire | 12 |
| Chief by village president Edgar McChesney and 22 men were | 13 |
| enrolled to serve as volunteer firefighters; and
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| WHEREAS, The 60 men and women who today serve on the Glen | 15 |
| Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company are still there as volunteers, | 16 |
| serving their neighbors and friends in Glen Ellyn 24 hours a | 17 |
| day, 365 days a year; and
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| WHEREAS, With over 700 years of experience in firefighting | 19 |
| and rescue services, the mission of the Glen Ellyn Volunteer | 20 |
| Fire Company is to provide timely, professional, and safe | 21 |
| emergency service for the preservation of life and property; |
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| minimizing fire loss and the patient's best interest are always | 2 |
| first priority with the Company; and
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| WHEREAS, The current Fire Chief is Scott Raffensparger, who | 4 |
| has served from 2001 to the present day; he is the Company's | 5 |
| first paid Administrator due to the growing demands of the Fire | 6 |
| Company; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 9 |
| congratulate the men and women who have served the community of | 10 |
| Glen Ellyn as a part of the Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company | 11 |
| and thank them for their dedication to their friends' and | 12 |
| neighbors' safety; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to Scott Raffensparger, Fire Chief of the Glen Ellyn | 15 |
| Volunteer Fire Company, as a symbol of our respect.
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