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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Charles R. Amrich is retiring as Mayor of Island
3 Lake; he has been mayor since 1985 and has served his term of
4 office in the same building he attended grammar school; and
 
5     WHEREAS, During his time in office, Mayor Amrich has
6 secured $3,000,000 in grants for Island Lake to help with park
7 development, water main improvements, road improvements, storm
8 sewer improvements, bridge replacement, and open space; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Mayor Amrich is a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam
10 conflict; he also served as Assistant Chief of the Volunteer
11 Wauconda Fire Department, Auxiliary Policeman for Island Lake
12 from 1972 to 1976, Past President of the Island Lake Area Lions
13 Club, and Salvation Army Donut Day Chairman for the past 27
14 years; he was named the Wauconda Island Lake Jaycees Citizen of
15 the Year in 1982, served as President of the McHenry County
16 Municipal Association in 1990, has been a member of the Lake
17 County Block Grant Commission since 1997, is a member of the
18 American Legion Post 911, and is a member of the Lake and VFW
19 Post 2486; and
 
20     WHEREAS, Charles and Linda have four beautiful daughters:
21 Christine, a graduate of Milikin University with a B.A. in
22 Musical Theater; Catherine, a junior at Maryville College in
23 Tennessee majoring in Education; Caroline, a junior at Marion
24 Central Catholic High School in Woodstock; and Colleen, an
25 eighth grader at Transfiguration in Wauconda; therefore, be it
 
26     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
27 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
28 we congratulate Mayor Charles R. Amrich on the occasion of his
29 retirement as Mayor of Island Lake after 20 years, and we thank
30 him for his faithful service to the citizens of Island Lake and
31 the State of Illinois; and be it further
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2 presented to Mayor Amrich as an expression of our respect and
3 esteem and with best wishes for a relaxing retirement.