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| U.S. Marine Sgt. Jason Thomas is sworn in by Village of Lyon s Clerk Dawn Campos. |
Desplaines Valley News
Lyons Mayor Christopher Getty and the Village Board last
week named U.S. Marine Sgt. Jason Thomas, an Afghan veteran, to fill a trustee
vacancy created by the resignation of Trustee Ryan Grace.
Thomas, a Brookfield native, enlisted in the Marines in 2005
and spent eight months in Afghanistan in 2010.
He moved to Lyons in 2012 with his wife, Nicki, and two sons
Nicholas, 2, and Ethan, 1. Thomas, 28, has been an active participant in the
Lyons community and is a Marine Corps recruiter in Lake County.
He was appointed trustee on June 19 to replace Grace, who
resigned last week because of increased work responsibilities. Grace recently took
on a new role with his employer and now oversees a multistate territory and
does an extensive amount of traveling.
"I am honored to represent the residents of the Village
of Lyons," Thomas said. "I vow to share the same unwavering pride, dedication,
and loyalty to serving our village as I have our country."
"I thank Mayor Getty and my fellow board members for
their trust and support, and I look forward to working with them as a team to
keep improving our already improving community," he added.
Grace said he was humbly honored to have been able to serve
the people of Lyons and will continue to be an active supporter of the village,
Mayor Getty and the United Citizens Party.
Getty thanked Grace for his hard work and dedication over
the years.
"It has been a privilege to work with Ryan throughout
the years and I wish him nothing but the best on all his future
endeavors," the mayor said.
Thomas will finish out Grace’s term, which runs through April
2015.
Getty said he was looking forward to working with Thomas for
the next two years and was certain that Thomas's diligent work ethic and fresh
perspective would make a great addition to the board and to the Village of
Lyons.
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