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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to honor Leon Slovikoski on his
4 retirement as the Village of Bradley Treasurer; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Leon Slovikoski was born on January 18, 1922 in
6 Bradley; he attended St. Joseph Grade School and Bradley High
7 School; and
 
8     WHEREAS, He was a member of the first basketball team from
9 his high school to make it to the sweet sixteen tournament; and
 
10     WHEREAS, He is a veteran of World War II, serving in the
11 82nd Airborne Glider Regiment, Fort Bragg North Carolina from
12 April 1943 to August 1945; he married Claire Suprenant in 1947;
13 and
 
14     WHEREAS, He entered college under the G.I. Bill in 1947 and
15 graduated in 1949 from Eastern Illinois University; and
 
16     WHEREAS, He was hired by A.O. Smith in 1950 as an
17 accounting clerk and retired in January 1982 as Plant
18 Controller; he was elected a Trustee for the Village of Bradley
19 in 1967 and re-elected in 1971 and 1975, serving until 1979;
20 during that time, the expansion of the Village Municipal

 

 

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1 Building took place; in 1982, he was appointed Treasurer for
2 the Village and implemented the computer system for financial
3 procedures during his tenure; and
 
4     WHEREAS, Mr. Slovikoski is retiring on March 31, 2010,
5 after many years of service to the community; therefore, be it
 
6     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
7 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
8 congratulate Leon Slovikoski on his years of service and wish
9 him the best for the future; and be it further
 
10     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11 presented to Leon Slovikoski as a symbol of our respect and
12 esteem.