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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to recognize Countryside Fire | ||||||
| 4 | Captain Mike Hodges on the occasion of his retirement after 36 | ||||||
| 5 | years of fire service; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Mike Hodges first joined the Countryside Fire | ||||||
| 7 | Department in October of 1971, at the age of 18; he served as a | ||||||
| 8 | volunteer/paid on-call firefighter; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Mike Hodges was hired as one of Countryside Fire | ||||||
| 10 | Department's first full-time staffers in 1975, and was assigned | ||||||
| 11 | Badge #54; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Mike Hodges became a Lieutenant in November of | ||||||
| 13 | 1982, and a Captain in February of 1993; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, The majority of Captain Hodges' career since 1993 | ||||||
| 15 | was spent as the shift commander of Black Shift, where he was | ||||||
| 16 | fondly known as "Uncle Mike"; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, As head of the Countryside Fire Department vehicle | ||||||
| 18 | maintenance department, Captain Hodges spent endless hours | ||||||
| 19 | preparing department vehicles for inspection and ensuring that | ||||||
| 20 | the Countryside Fire Department always received the highest | ||||||
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| 1 | marks; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Captain Hodges always participated in the Lake | ||||||
| 3 | County Convention Water Fights and was a distinguished teammate | ||||||
| 4 | in the three and five man hook-up, the bucket brigade, and the | ||||||
| 5 | water fights; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, Captain Hodges responded to or was involved in | ||||||
| 7 | over ten thousand calls during his career; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Captain Hodges' wife, Colleen, and their | ||||||
| 9 | children, Mike, Brianne, and Ben, who are also cherished | ||||||
| 10 | members of the Countryside family, sacrificed countless nights | ||||||
| 11 | away from Mike and missed many holidays and birthdays with him | ||||||
| 12 | when duty called; therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 14 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 15 | thank Captain Hodges for his dedication to the people and the | ||||||
| 16 | community of the Countryside Fire District and wish him well in | ||||||
| 17 | his retirement; and be it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to Captain Mike Hodges as a symbol of our respect.
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