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92_HR0823
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives wish to recognize milestone events in the
4 lives of the citizens of the State of Illinois; and
5 WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Fire Chief
6 Thomas C. Allenspach of the Buffalo Grove Fire Department
7 will be retiring on May 19, 2002 after 32 years of service;
8 and
9 WHEREAS, Chief Allenspach was hired as a full time
10 firefighter for the Skokie Fire Department in April 1969; he
11 left in June 1969 to serve in the United States Army during
12 the Viet Nam Conflict and later returned to the Skokie Fire
13 Department in April 1971; and
14 WHEREAS, Chief Allenspach served as an on-call member of
15 the Buffalo Grove Fire Department from June 1971 through
16 October 1972; in August 1989 he retired as a Deputy Fire
17 Chief for the Skokie Fire Department and took over the duties
18 as Fire Chief for the Buffalo Grove Fire Department, where he
19 has served for the past 13 years; and
20 WHEREAS, Chief Allenspach has served the citizens of the
21 State of Illinois in a variety of roles, including as
22 President of the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association and as
23 Director of the Illinois Fire Safety Alliance; and
24 WHEREAS, Family, friends, and the many colleagues of Fire
25 Chief Thomas C. Allenspach will come together on May 16, 2002
26 to celebrate his dedicated 32-year career and upcoming
27 retirement; therefore, be it
28 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
29 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
30 we congratulate Fire Chief Thomas C. Allenspach on his
31 retirement from the Buffalo Grove Fire Department and we wish
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1 him well in all of his future endeavors; and be it further
2 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3 presented to Fire Chief Thomas C. Allenspach as an expression
4 of our esteem.