SSMMA Executive Director Edward Paesel and retired S. Chicago Heights Mayor Dave Owen recognized at

(From left:) IML President/ Chatham Village President Thomas Gray with S. Chicago Heights Mayor Dave Owen, SSMMA Executive Director Edward Paesel and IML Sergeant-AT-Arms/ Lynwood Mayor Eugene Williams at the 2016 Annual IML conference in Chicago / Photo courtesy of the Illinois Municipal League

Congratulations to retiring SSMMA Executive Director Ed Paesel and recently retired South Chicago Heights Mayor Dave Owen for receiving awards for their respective decades of service from the Illinois Municipal League. Ed’s recognition plaque is here. We thank the Southland Voice for providing additional photos here in the newspaper’s 10/12/16 edition.