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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate Michael Richard
4Calendo of Hoffman Estates on the occasion of his 75th
5birthday; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Michael Calendo grew up in Melrose Park surrounded
7by a Catholic, Italian family of 12; he married his high school
8sweetheart, Joyce Bullard, and they had 8 children together;
9and
 
10    WHEREAS, Michael Calendo was a machinist worker and a union
11representative for the International Association of Machinists &
12 Aerospace Workers District 8 in Forest Park, eventually
13becoming Union President; he was a popular leader and continued
14to serve people in organized labor for over 30 years until his
15retirement; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Michael Calendo regularly serves as the
17neighborhood handyman and can often be found clearing the local
18driveways of snow during storms or helping out with projects
19such as landscaping, painting, plumbing, and electrical
20repairs for anyone who needs assistance, many times purchasing
21the necessary materials and parts with his own money; he enjoys
22cooking up Italian meals and delivering them to family members

 

 

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1and neighbors and will buy bags of groceries for those in need;
2he has opened his home to friends, relatives, and anyone who
3needed some extra help; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Michael Calendo has a creative and whimsical side;
5he is a builder, dancer, and yodeler and has created different
6nicknames for all 15 of his grandchildren; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Michael Calendo has not let getting older slow him
8down; he regularly walks 3 miles a day, handing out bones to
9the dogs he meets along the way; he then returns home to work
10on his house or neighborhood projects; he takes great pride in
11his lawn and has won awards from the Village of Hoffman Estates
12for the beauty of his home and yard; and
 
13    WHEREAS, A celebration for Michael Calendo will take place
14at Moretti's Ristorante & Pizzeria in Lake in the Hills on
15September 14, 2013; therefore, be it
 
16    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
17NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
18we congratulate Michael Richard Calendo on the occasion of his
1975th birthday and wish him many more; and be it further
 
20    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
21presented to Michael Calendo as an expression of our esteem and

 

 

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1respect.