[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5649]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO JIM HLAFKA

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                           HON. JOHN SHIMKUS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 24, 1999

  Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, I rise before you today to congratulate the 
Bunker Hill basketball coach, Jim Hlafka for attaining his 700th career 
win this past February 23rd.
  Jim Hlafka, who is 65 years old, has been the Bunker Hill basketball 
coach for 40 years now. By coaching 700 games to victory, he became a 
member of an elite group of only 10 other coaches from Illinois who 
have attained this goal. Not only did Hlafka attain his own goal that 
evening, he coached the Bunker Hill Minutemen to victory in the 80th 
annual Macoupin County Boys Tournament.
  Corey Elliot, a member of the team that won the County Championship, 
said that ``[i]t's an honor to play for him.'' It is also an honor for 
me and all of Bunker Hill to be represented by one of the best high 
school coaches in the state of Illinois.

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