92_HR0353

 
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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS,  The  members   of   the   Illinois   House   of
 3    Representatives  are pleased to recognize milestone events in
 4    the lives of the citizens of the State of Illinois; and

 5        WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Doug  Chappell
 6    is  retiring from his duties as Fire Chief of the Hazel Crest
 7    Fire Department on May 18, 2001; and

 8        WHEREAS,  Doug  Chappell  has  served  as   a   volunteer
 9    firefighter since January 1971; he was hired full-time in May
10    1978 and became chief in May 1985; and

11        WHEREAS,  During  his  tenure,  Doug  Chappell has helped
12    improve Hazel  Crest's  Fire  Department's  insurance  safety
13    rating  from a 6 to a 4, one of the best possible ratings for
14    a community the size of Hazel Crest; he  has  helped  upgrade
15    the  size  of  the department and the quality of vehicles and
16    apparatus; he  has  also  improved  the  department's  safety
17    program,   and   smoothly   consolidated  with  the  building
18    department; and

19        WHEREAS,  Doug  Chappell  has  served  on   the   State's
20    firefighters'  medal of honor committee and was chairman of a
21    committee that worked to get a firefighters memorial monument
22    built on the grounds of the State Capitol; and

23        WHEREAS, Under  Doug  Chappell's  leadership,  the  Hazel
24    Crest Fire Department has grown and become a model throughout
25    the  area for other similar departments; his presence will be
26    sorely missed by the village of  Hazel  Crest  and  the  many
27    firefighters  who  have had the pleasure of working with him;
28    and

29        WHEREAS, Doug Chappell will spend his retirement resting,
30    enjoying his daughter's wedding this summer, and pondering  a
31    move  to  the  southwest  part  of the country with his wife,
 
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 1    Linda; therefore, be it

 2        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
 3    NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
 4    we  congratulate  Doug  Chappell  on  his retirement from his
 5    duties as Fire Chief of the Hazel Crest Fire Department;  and
 6    be it further

 7        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
 8    presented to Doug Chappell as an expression of our esteem.