Full Text of HR0725 97th General Assembly
HR0725 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate James Dykstra of | 4 | | Elgin on the occasion of his retirement from the Streamwood | 5 | | Fire Department on October 25, 2011, after over 30 years of | 6 | | service; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, James Dykstra earned his Associate in Applied | 8 | | Science degree from Thornton Community College in December of | 9 | | 1980; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, James Dykstra was hired as a career firefighter | 11 | | for the Streamwood Fire Department on September 21, 1981; he | 12 | | was a founding member of the Department's Fire Investigation | 13 | | Team; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, James Dykstra earned numerous State of Illinois | 15 | | Certifications during his career; on April 23, 1990, he was | 16 | | awarded the "Firefighter III" and "Fire Apparatus Engineer" | 17 | | certificates; on June 25, 1990, he earned "HazMat First | 18 | | Responder Operations" status; on June 12, 1990, he became a | 19 | | "Fire Prevention Officer"; on November 30, 1990, he earned the | 20 | | "Fire Investigator" designation; on March 21, 1991, he | 21 | | completed "Provisional Fire Officer Instructor I"; on January | 22 | | 27, 2003, he received "Certified Fire Officer I"; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, On February 28, 1999, James Dykstra earned the | 2 | | "Disaster Service Medal" from the Streamwood Fire Department | 3 | | for participating in a structure fire and for the 1999 | 4 | | microburst; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, James Dykstra and his wife, Sharee, have one son, | 6 | | Michael; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 9 | | we congratulate James Dykstra on the occasion of his retirement | 10 | | and wish him many happy and healthy retirement years; and be it | 11 | | further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to James Dykstra as a symbol of our esteem and | 14 | | respect.
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