Bill Text: IL HR0192 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Ron Kiefer on being named the 2015 Citizen of the Year by the City of Darien.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-02-25 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Durkin [HR0192 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0192-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Ron Kiefer epitomizes what a "citizen of the year" | ||||||
| 16 | should be; therefore, be it
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| 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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