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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members of the House of  Representatives  of
 3    the  State  of  Illinois are pleased to recognize citizens of
 4    the State who have made outstanding  contributions  to  their
 5    local communities; and

 6        WHEREAS,  Lou  Sherman  will  celebrate  his 30th year as
 7    Steger Village President in May  of  2003,  and  he  recently
 8    celebrated his 75th birthday; and

 9        WHEREAS,  Mayor Sherman was born in 1927 and grew up in a
10    series of orphanages in New York  state;  he  served  in  the
11    United  States  Army  during World War II, serving in Germany
12    with  the  army  of  occupation;  he  obtained  the  rank  of
13    Sergeant; and

14        WHEREAS, Mayor Sherman first came to Illinois in 1947  to
15    work  with  the  students  at  Glenwood  School  for  Boys, a
16    boarding school for children  from  dysfunctional  or  broken
17    homes;  he remained there for 10 years, working in the dean's
18    office, supervising the students' work program,  and  serving
19    as a substitute house parent; and

20        WHEREAS, Mayor Sherman moved to Steger with his family in
21    1959;  in  1973,  he ran for Steger Village President and won
22    the first of his eight consecutive terms; in 1979, he  served
23    as  president  of  the  South  Suburban  Mayors  and Managers
24    Association; in 1993, Mayor Sherman was selected to be one of
25    the 40 vice presidents of the 3,000 member Illinois Municipal
26    League, an office he still holds; and

27        WHEREAS, Mayor Sherman is married to his wife, Andrea; he
28    has two grown sons, Brian and Eric, four stepsons, and  eight
29    grandchildren; and

30        WHEREAS, Under Mayor Sherman's leadership, the Village of
31    Steger  has  grown  and  thrived  with  the annexation of the
 
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 1    Miller Woods area, the creation of five new subdivisions, and
 2    new  business  development;  the  town's  roads   have   been
 3    improved,  its  parks  equipped and expanded, and it received
 4    economic vitality through the creation of the  Louis  Sherman
 5    Industrial   Park;   the   Mayor   was  instrumental  in  the
 6    development of Centennial Village, a senior  housing  complex
 7    containing  81  units and a community and senior center which
 8    serves the entire population of Steger; therefore, be it

 9        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
10    NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
11    we congratulate Mayor Lou Sherman on his 30 successful  years
12    as President of the Village of Steger, and we commend him for
13    his work for that community; and be it further

14        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
15    presented to Mayor Lou Sherman as a token of our respect  and
16    esteem.