Full Text of HR0576 94th General Assembly
HR0576 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Chief Gerald "Jerry" Ward has retired after 50 | 3 |
| years of service with the Bethany Fire and Ambulance Protection | 4 |
| District; and
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| WHEREAS, Chief Ward was voted into the Bethany Fire | 6 |
| District in 1955 to spend more time with his father, Virgil | 7 |
| Ward, who was the first fire chief of the Bethany Fire | 8 |
| Protection District; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1956, he was appointed Assistant Fire Chief, a | 10 |
| position he held until 1982; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1974, the Bethany Ambulance District was | 12 |
| established; that same year, Gerald Ward took the EMTA classes | 13 |
| offered at Decatur Memorial Hospital and became an EMT; he | 14 |
| continued to serve as an EMT until his retirement; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1982, he was appointed Fire Chief of the | 16 |
| Bethany Fire Protection District; and
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| WHEREAS, In addition to serving as Fire Chief, he was | 18 |
| employed at Firestone Tire and Rubber Company in Decatur where | 19 |
| he held the position of shift supervisor; he was responsible | 20 |
| for fire fighting, fire prevention, and maintaining plant fire | 21 |
| equipment; in 1993, he was promoted to Assistant Department | 22 |
| Manager; he retired from Firestone in September of 1995; and
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| WHEREAS, Chief Ward has shown himself to be a very | 24 |
| dependable and dedicated individual, and the residents of | 25 |
| Bethany are grateful for his service to the community; and
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| WHEREAS, He and his wife, Kay, have one son, Terry; | 27 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 |
| we congratulate Chief Gerald Ward on the occasion of his | 4 |
| retirement from Bethany Fire and Ambulance Protection | 5 |
| District, we thank him for his many years of outstanding public | 6 |
| service, and we wish him all the best in his retirement; and be | 7 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to Chief Gerald Ward as an expression of our | 10 |
| admiration and esteem.
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