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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, It is the great privilege of the members of the |
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| House of Representatives of the State of Illinois to recognize |
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| milestone events for communities in the State; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1905, the founding fathers of the Village of |
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| Beckemeyer had a vision to combine the communities of Buxton |
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| and Beckemeyer into one community; and
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| WHEREAS, On April 14, 1905, the charter for the Village of |
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| Beckemeyer was filed at the county courthouse; the first |
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| Village President was August Beckemeyer Sr.; the Village |
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| Trustees were Frank C. Dalhaus, John H. Clabaugh, Amos Ingold, |
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| Herman H. Beckemeyer, John Peppenhorst Sr., and Peter Frey; the |
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| Street Commissioner was August Zinschlag and the Village |
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| Marshall was Amos Ingold; and
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| WHEREAS, Since August Beckemeyer Sr. served as the first |
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| distinguished mayor of the village, there have been 11 others |
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| to serve in that position, including H.H. Beckemeyer, H.B. |
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| Brefeld, Dr. J.W. DuComb, Edw. T. Hoffman, E.M. Roach, Edw. J. |
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| Miller, Anton Thorand, Clint Hoffman, Joe Thomas, Alan |
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| Warnecke, and Mike Stock; and
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| WHEREAS, Currently, Beckemeyer is led by Mayor Mike Stock; |
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| Trustees Vince Buneta, Roland Kampwerth, Sharon Maxwell, |
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| Sharon Pulver, Dennis Rakers, and Jeff Schneider; Treasurer |
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| Steve Kelso; Village Clerk Michelle Rakers; Deputy Clerk, |
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| LaVonne Albers; Superintendent Randy Pulver; Assistant |
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| Superintendent Nathan Koehler; and Police Chief Norman Brown; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we congratulate the Village of Beckemeyer on reaching the |