Bill Text: IL HR0982 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Edward Anton Karasek on his retirement from the Berwyn Park District Board of Commissioners after 50 years.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2016-02-11 - Resolution Adopted [HR0982 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0982-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 Edward Anton Karasek on | ||||||
| 4 | the occasion of his retirement from the Berwyn Park District | ||||||
| 5 | Board of Commissioners after 50 years; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Edward Karasek has been an elected member of the | ||||||
| 7 | Board since March of 1966; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Over his 50 years of service to the District, | ||||||
| 9 | Edward Karasek has served as Board President twice
and | ||||||
| 10 | currently serves as Board Secretary, a position he has held for | ||||||
| 11 | many years; he currently
serves as Chairman of the Finance | ||||||
| 12 | Committee and is a member of the
Building and Grounds | ||||||
| 13 | committee; he previously served as the voting delegate for
the | ||||||
| 14 | former Suburban Risk Management Agency and subsequently the | ||||||
| 15 | Park District
Risk Management Agency; he attended the Illinois
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| 16 | Association of Park Districts annual conference and the | ||||||
| 17 | Legislative Conference, where he
utilized his experience and | ||||||
| 18 | personal relationships developed over the years with
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| 19 | legislators to support park district and recreation | ||||||
| 20 | initiatives; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Edward Karasek volunteers with the Proksa Park | ||||||
| 22 | Garden Club and works daily to help
maintain the Children's | ||||||
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| 1 | Garden located in the Proksa Park's Teeter Center area; he has | ||||||
| 2 | been a continuous member of the local Parent Teacher | ||||||
| 3 | Association since 1958,
and, along with his wife of 64 years, | ||||||
| 4 | Mary, takes a continued interest in the education of
toddlers | ||||||
| 5 | through local college-age students; his expertise and | ||||||
| 6 | understanding of finance
helped the Berwyn Park District | ||||||
| 7 | weather the financial downturn that affected the
economy; he is | ||||||
| 8 | often quoted in the local paper for his comments and | ||||||
| 9 | suggestions made
at local school, city, and other public | ||||||
| 10 | meetings; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Edward Karasek has been a member of the Kiwanis | ||||||
| 12 | Club of Berwyn since
1952 and is one of the few members that | ||||||
| 13 | can boast a perfect attendance record; during
his tenure with | ||||||
| 14 | the Kiwanis Club of Berwyn, he has served as President, | ||||||
| 15 | Vice-President,
Special Projects Chairman, and has served on | ||||||
| 16 | the Board of Directors numerous times; his tireless efforts in | ||||||
| 17 | helping to raise funds have allowed the club to donate more | ||||||
| 18 | than
$550,000 back to charities, agencies, and organizations in | ||||||
| 19 | the Berwyn area; this
includes the donation of furnishings for | ||||||
| 20 | the community room at the Berwyn Public
Library, donations to | ||||||
| 21 | the Boy Scouts and Girls Scouts, the Special Olympics, park
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| 22 | district programs, and many others; and
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| 23 | WHEREAS, Edward Karasek is a charter member of the Berwyn | ||||||
| 24 | Development
Corporation since March 14, 1983 and has served as | ||||||
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| 1 | President and Vice-President with
distinction; he is also | ||||||
| 2 | involved in other civic organizations and groups such
as the | ||||||
| 3 | All Berwyn Committee, where he serves on the Board of | ||||||
| 4 | Directors; he is a former
member of the Berwyn Home Owners | ||||||
| 5 | Association and is an active member of the
Democratic Committee | ||||||
| 6 | of Berwyn; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, In 2011, Edward Karasek was awarded the | ||||||
| 8 | distinguished Commissioner of the Year award by the
Illinois | ||||||
| 9 | Association of Park Districts at the annual conference in | ||||||
| 10 | Chicago; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Edward Karasek was employed with a Berwyn | ||||||
| 12 | automobile dealer and handled many of the office-related | ||||||
| 13 | business and finance duties; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Edward Karasek has indisputably made and | ||||||
| 15 | continues to make immeasurable differences in
the quality of | ||||||
| 16 | life of the residents of the Berwyn Park District and the City | ||||||
| 17 | of Berwyn; therefore, be it
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| 18 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 19 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 20 | congratulate Edward Anton Karasek on his retirement from the | ||||||
| 21 | Berwyn Park District Board of Commissioners after 50 years, and | ||||||
| 22 | we wish him the best in all of his future endeavors; and be it | ||||||
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| 1 | further
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| 2 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 3 | presented to Edward Karasek as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 4 | respect.
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