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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS,  The  members   of   the   Illinois   House   of
 3    Representatives  are pleased to honor milestones in the lives
 4    of Illinois citizens; and

 5        WHEREAS, Joe  Schmitz,  President  of  Exchange  Bank  in
 6    Gardner,  Illinois,  will retire on May 5, 2000; he began his
 7    career in banking in 1976 as the Assistant Vice President and
 8    Marketing Director of the First National Bank of  Morris;  in
 9    1978  he was promoted to Vice President; in 1986 he took over
10    the responsibilities of  Retail  Bank  Manager;  in  1989  he
11    became President and CEO of Exchange Bank; and

12        WHEREAS,  Joe  Schmitz  was  born and raised in Streator,
13    Illinois; he graduated from St. Anthony's  Grade  School  and
14    Streator High School; he spent four years serving his country
15    in the United States Navy; in 1965 he married Carol Mertel of
16    Deer Park, Illinois; and

17        WHEREAS,  Joe  Schmitz is a 1979 graduate of the ABA/Bank
18    Marketing School at the University of Colorado,  and  a  1983
19    graduate  of the Graduate School of Banking at the University
20    of Wisconsin; and

21        WHEREAS, Joe Schmitz has always believed  in  serving  in
22    the  community,  and  has  done  so with involvement with the
23    Grundy County United Fund Board from 1978 to 1982, serving as
24    treasurer for four years and as Drive Chairman  in  1977;  he
25    founded  Operation  St. Nick in 1979, and today serves as the
26    President; for seven years he coached little league baseball;
27    for nine years he coached girls softball, and led his team to
28    the Colt World Series Championship twice; and

29        WHEREAS, Joe Schmitz was a charter board member of Morris
30    Area Leisure Services; he served on the Immaculate Conception
31    School board, and served as President of the P.T.C.  for  two
 
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 1    years;  he  served  on  the  board  of  the  Grundy Community
 2    Hospice, and served as treasurer for three years;  he  was  a
 3    charter  board  member  of  the  Illinois Transplant Fund; he
 4    served on the Board of Directors for Crime Stoppers for three
 5    years; he was treasurer of the Grundy County Heart Fund  four
 6    years;  he was a board member of the Grundy County Chamber of
 7    Commerce for six years; and he served as treasurer and  board
 8    member of the Korean/Vietnam Memorial from 1988 to 1991; and

 9        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Schmitz  received the Grundy County Man of
10    the  Year  award  in  1974,  the   1996   Gardner   Community
11    Involvement  award, which has become an annual award named in
12    his honor, and he was named Citizen of the Year  in  1997  by
13    the Morris Lions Club; and

14        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Schmitz  currently  serves  as a lector at
15    Immaculate Conception Church, as President of  Operation  St.
16    Nick,  as  a  board member of the Morris Community Foundation
17    and the Grundy County State's Attorney Crime  Victims  Relief
18    Fund,  as  Chairman  of  the  Gardner  Industrial Development
19    Committee, as Vice President of  the  Morris  Police  Pension
20    Board,  as  a  member  of  the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the
21    Knights of Columbus, the Moose Lodge, and the American Legion
22    Post, all located in Morris, Illinois; and

23        WHEREAS,  Together  with  his  wife,  Carol,  his   three
24    children,  Tad, Jeni, and Karla, and his three grandchildren,
25    Brandon, Joshua, and Emily, Mr. Schmitz  has  a  full  agenda
26    planned  upon  his  retirement;  he  will  be  traveling  and
27    visiting  family,  including  his  mother,  brothers, and his
28    sister; therefore, be it

29        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
30    NINETY-FIRST  GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
31    we congratulate Mr. Joe Schmitz on his retirement; and be  it
32    further
 
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 1        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
 2    presented to Mr. Joe Schmitz.

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