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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Sauk Village was incorporated on March 12, 1957 |
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| encompassing 55 homes located near Sauk Trail and Illinois 394; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Homes in 1958 sold for approximately $13,000 with |
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| many World War II
veterans taking advantage of Veterans |
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| Administration backed mortgages; today homes range from |
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| $60,000 - $350,000 in price; and
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| WHEREAS, Today Sauk Village has 11,000 residents, |
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| approximately 3,500
housing units, and encompasses |
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| approximately 6 square miles; it is located both in Cook and |
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| Will Counties; and
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| WHEREAS, The Village has had five Mayors in its history: |
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| Thomas Nichols, 1957-1965; Roger Theisen, 1965-1977; Edward |
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| Paesel, 1977-1989; Mark Collins, 1989-1997; and Roger Peckham, |
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| 1997-present; and
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| WHEREAS, Sauk Village is now home to one of the largest |
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| concentrations of
distribution and warehousing in the Chicago |
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| metropolitan region; thousands of employees are employed at |
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| firms such as Roadway
Express, ABF Distribution, Pacesetter |
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| Steel, Warehouse Specialists, Inc., Minority Auto |
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| Distribution, Wayne Steel, Wille Brothers Concrete, DP |
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| Partners Development, and Chicago Air Power; and
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| WHEREAS, In commemoration of the 50th anniversary, Sauk |
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| Village will construct a
new municipal complex including a new |
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| senior citizen center, build and
dedicate a community Veterans |
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| Memorial, expand and renovate the community center for young |
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| people, and expand and renovate space for the police and |
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| Emergency Services Agency; and
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| WHEREAS, Thousands of families have lived in Sauk Village; |
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| their children attend Bloom and Bloom Trait High Schools and |
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| Community Consolidated School District #168 schools; they have |
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| used the Nancy McConathy Public Library and its new facility |
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| that opened in 2006; and families have attended church services |
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| at the numerous churches in the community; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| congratulate the citizens of Sauk Village as they celebrate the |
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| fiftieth anniversary of their community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to Edward Paesel, Chairman of the Sauk Village |
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| Countdown to 50 Committee, and Roger Peckham, Mayor of Sauk |
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| Village, as a symbol of our esteem.
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