Bill Text: IL HR1557 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates John R. Alongi on his 90th birthday.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-01-09 - Resolution Adopted [HR1557 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR1557-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
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| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate John R. Alongi on the
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| 4 | occasion of his 90th birthday on January 1, 2017; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, John Alongi is a caring husband, father,
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| 6 | grandfather, brother, and uncle; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, John Alongi spent the early 1950s as a soldier in | ||||||
| 8 | the
Korean War; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Upon his return from the war, John Alongi began to | ||||||
| 10 | help operate his
father's Italian restaurant, Alongi's; | ||||||
| 11 | Alongi's celebrated its 83rd anniversary in 2016 and is now
the | ||||||
| 12 | oldest Italian restaurant in Southern Illinois; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, John Alongi is a former President of the DuQuoin | ||||||
| 14 | Business
Association, which promotes small businesses in the
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| 15 | community; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, John Alongi was the Congressional Economic | ||||||
| 17 | Director for
United States Representatives Kenneth Gray and | ||||||
| 18 | Glen Poshard; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Due to his business successes and outstanding work | ||||||
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| 1 | on Capitol Hill, John Alongi was invited by President Ronald | ||||||
| 2 | Regan to serve on the Conference on Small Business in 1986; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, John Alongi founded the Alongi Legacy Scholarship | ||||||
| 4 | at Southern Illinois University to help the students of
Perry | ||||||
| 5 | County succeed at college; therefore, be it
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| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 7 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 8 | congratulate John R. Alongi on his 90th birthday on January 1, | ||||||
| 9 | 2017, and we wish him many more wonderful years; and be it | ||||||
| 10 | further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 12 | presented to John Alongi as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 13 | respect.
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