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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize Kendall County Sheriff's |
| 4 | | Deputies Joseph Melchiori and Greg Shadle and Oswego Police |
| 5 | | Officers Michael Torrance, Steven Lawrence, and Justin Pan for |
| 6 | | their heroic act of rescuing a 2-year-old-boy from a retention |
| 7 | | pond on March 24, 2014; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Area deputies responded to a report of a missing |
| 9 | | 2-year-old-boy on Fernwood Road in unincorporated Montgomery; |
| 10 | | police from surrounding agencies conducted a search of the area |
| 11 | | and found the boy in a retention pond near his home; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Deputies Joseph Melchiori and Greg Shadle and |
| 13 | | Officers Michael Torrance, Steven Lawrence, and Justin Pan |
| 14 | | entered the frigid waters to recover the child; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Deputies Joseph Melchiori and Greg Shadle and |
| 16 | | Officers Michael Torrance, Steven Lawrence, and Justin Pan are |
| 17 | | true definitions of the police motto "to serve and protect"; |
| 18 | | therefore, be it
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| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 20 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 21 | | we wish to recognize Kendall County Sheriff's Deputies Joseph |