Full Text of HR0024 96th General Assembly
HR0024 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Jim Horvath, | 4 |
| Western Springs 2008 Man of the Year; and
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| WHEREAS, Jim served on the Police Pension Board from | 6 |
| 2002-2006 and as its president in 2006; in 2005, he joined the | 7 |
| Western Springs
Community Center Association (WSCCA) Board and | 8 |
| became its treasurer in 2007; he is Village caucus precinct | 9 |
| co-chair for Precinct
2; and
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| WHEREAS, Both he and his wife of 39 years, Rose, are | 11 |
| members of St. John of the Cross; they are both lectors and are | 12 |
| active volunteers for
church events and with the BEDS program | 13 |
| in Brookfield; Jim has a leadership role in SAM, a men's group | 14 |
| that meets to share
values and beliefs;
Jim was among the | 15 |
| volunteers from St. John of the Cross and St. Francis parishes | 16 |
| who remodeled three homes for families displaced
by Hurricane | 17 |
| Katrina; and he was also treasurer of New Hope Connection, a | 18 |
| non-profit refugee resettlement committee, composed
of members | 19 |
| from First United Methodist Church of La Grange, both First | 20 |
| Congregational Churches of Western Springs and
La Grange, and | 21 |
| St. John of the Cross Church; and
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| WHEREAS, Since his retirement in 2000, Jim has been a |
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| volunteer income tax preparer for seniors through the Tax-Aide | 2 |
| program, a joint
venture between AARP and the IRS; this project | 3 |
| involves visiting housebound seniors to prepare their tax | 4 |
| returns; and
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| WHEREAS, After his graduation from Loyola, with an | 6 |
| accounting degree and serving two years in the United States | 7 |
| Army, Jim married Rose, passed
his CPA exam, and moved to New | 8 |
| Jersey for his job with AT&T; after the AT&T divesture 25 years | 9 |
| ago, he and Rose returned to
the Chicago area with their two | 10 |
| young daughters, Janel and Leah, and bought a home in Western | 11 |
| Springs; and
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| WHEREAS, He earned a master's
degree in taxation from | 13 |
| DePaul University and continued working for Ameritech in the | 14 |
| area of tax compliance; he is a past president of the Chicago | 15 |
| Tax Club, a Chicago area organization providing educational and | 16 |
| networking opportunities
for its 450 members who work in | 17 |
| taxation in both the public and private sectors; since his | 18 |
| early retirement, he has started his
own part-time accounting | 19 |
| practice, JJH Accounting, Inc.; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 22 |
| congratulate Jim Horvath and wish him the best in his future | 23 |
| endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to Jim Horvath as a symbol of our respect.
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