Officers of the Illinois Municipal League PRESIDENT ROBERT ANSTINE, Mayor,    Macomb FIRST VICE PRESIDENT VERNA L. CLAYTON, Village President,    Buffalo Grove SERGEANT-AT-ARMS A. EUGENE RENNELS, Mayor,    West Chicago EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STEVEN SARGENT VICE PRESIDENTS Ashton— Village President Ray J. Forney Belleville—Mayor Richard Brauer Bellwood—Mayor Sigel C. Davis Bradley—Village President Kenneth P. Hayes Bridgeview—Village President John A. Oremus Chicago—Mayor Eugene Sawyer Chicago Ridge—Village President Eugene L. Siegel Decatur—Mayor Gary K. Anderson DeKalb—Mayor Greg Sparrow Edwardsville—Mayor Raymond O. Rogers Ford Heights— Mayor Saul Beck Galesburg—Mayor Jerry L. Miller Gurnee—Village President Richard A. Welton Jacksonville—Mayor Helen C. Foreman Lincolnwood—Village President Frank J. Chulay Loves Park—Mayor Joseph F. Sinkiawic Maywood—Village President Joseph W. Freelon Mount Vernon—Mayor Rolland Lewis New Lenox—Village President Dennis Valy Niles—Village President Nicholas B. Blase Northlake—Mayor Eugene Doyle Oak Lawn—Mayor Ernest F. Kolb Park Ridge—Mayor Martin J. Butler Paxton—Mayor James Kingston Peoria—Mayor James Maloof Pinckneyville—Mayor Joseph Holder Pontiac—Mayor Dale O. Campbell Ouincy—Mayor Verne W. Hagstrom Riverdale—Village President Frank J. Heenan Rockford—Mayor John McNamara Salem—Mayor Leonard E. Ferguson Schiller Park—Village President Edward E. Bluthardt Springfield—Mayor Ossie Langfelder Vandalia—Mayor Richard Walker Waukegan—Mayor Robert Sabonjian Woodrldge—Mayor William F. Murphy PAST PRESIDENTS HAROLD J. GOUWENS, Village President, South Holland ROGER W. DETTRO, Mayor, Mattoon MARK B. McLeROY. Mayor, Freeport JACK B. WILLIAMS. Village President, Franklin Park JAMES T. RYAN, Mayor, Arlington Heights JEFFREY T. MARKLAND, Mayor, Urbana ANTHONY VACCO, Mayor. Evergreen Park

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Ms. Earlene M. Nelson, CMC/AAE. City Clerk of the City of Bloomington, Illinois, has been accepted into the IIMC Academy for Advanced Education of the International Institute of Municipal Clerks . .

Mrs. Anita L. Carlton, CMC/AAE, City Clerk of the City of Galesburg, Illinois, has been accepted into the IIMC Academy for Advanced Education of the International Institute of Municipal Clerks . .

Ms. Yvonne Hartmann, CMC/AAE, City Clerk of the City of Jerseyville, Illinois, has been accepted into the IIMC Academy for Advanced Education of the International Institute of Municipal Clerks. The Academy is the professional body of municipal clerks who have continued their high level of educational achievement beyond the attainment of the prestigious Certified Municipal Clerk (CMC) Award.

 

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