Full Text of HR1151 95th General Assembly
HR1151 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 congratulate the owners and | 4 |
| employees of Kasper Trucking, Inc. of Loves Park on the | 5 |
| occasion of being named the March 2008 Trucker of the Month by | 6 |
| the Mid-West Truckers Association; and
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| WHEREAS, Kasper Trucking was founded in the mid-1970s by | 8 |
| Gordon Kasper; he began his operation with a single truck in | 9 |
| order to subsidize the family farming operation and to haul | 10 |
| grain to the local elevator; from 1978 to 1985, greater | 11 |
| concentration was put towards the trucking operation, with the | 12 |
| company increasing their fleet from one truck to four tractor | 13 |
| trailers; Gordon Kasper then leased on to Terra Cotta Truck | 14 |
| Service and built a shop in Poplar Grove; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1985, Kasper Trucking began supplying | 16 |
| equipment to a major construction company in Rockford in a | 17 |
| joint venture relationship with an owner-operator based | 18 |
| trucking company in northern Illinois; the company hauled grain | 19 |
| to the elevator and coal to the Belvidere Chrysler plant during | 20 |
| the winter months; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, In 1989, Gary Kasper joined Kasper Trucking | 22 |
| full-time, departing from his design engineering career that |
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| took him across the nation; by 1989, the company possessed 11 | 2 |
| company-owned tractor trailers and 4 tandem dumps, with nearly | 3 |
| 30 owner-operators; and
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| WHEREAS, By 1991, Kasper Trucking's O/O fleet had doubled, | 5 |
| with 20 total company vehicles; the company's customer base | 6 |
| increased greatly due to a greater emphasis on the supply of | 7 |
| owner-operators; by the end of the 1991 season, the company had | 8 |
| grown to a fleet of over 100 company and owner operator trucks; | 9 |
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| WHEREAS, Kasper Trucking was involved in many large | 11 |
| construction projects during the 1990s, including a major | 12 |
| expansion into the flat bed market in southern Wisconsin and | 13 |
| northern Illinois hauling pre-cast concrete and lumber; in | 14 |
| 1998, the company was purchased from Gordon Kasper and the | 15 |
| office was relocated to Loves Park, with the company's repair | 16 |
| shop moved to Roscoe; and
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| WHEREAS, Kasper Trucking has proven to be a pioneer in the | 18 |
| area of trucker safety; the company was the first to have State | 19 |
| troopers visit their shop every spring for safety meetings, | 20 |
| keeping their drivers abreast of new safety laws and | 21 |
| regulations; in 2004, Kasper Trucking was listed in CCJ | 22 |
| Magazine as a top 100 trucking company in the nation; and |
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| WHEREAS, Kasper Trucking has been a proud member of the | 2 |
| Mid-West Truckers Association since 1978 and has been active in | 3 |
| most of the association's programs and activities; and
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| WHEREAS, Kasper Trucking currently operates nearly 125 | 5 |
| trucks, including flats and dumps; with communication with | 6 |
| their drivers and serving their customers being their primary | 7 |
| focus, the company sports an impressive reputation of | 8 |
| innovation, safety, and quality in the Rockford area and | 9 |
| beyond; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 12 |
| congratulate the owners and employees of Kasper Trucking, Inc. | 13 |
| of Loves Park on the occasion of being named the March 2008 | 14 |
| Trucker of the Month and wish them continued success in the | 15 |
| future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to Kasper Trucking owner Gary Kasper as a symbol of | 18 |
| our esteem and respect.
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