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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Larry McConkey, head of REHAB Products and Service
3 for 31 years, retired on October 1, 2005; known by employees as
4 a kind and understanding man, his service at REHAB was a labor
5 of love; and
 
6     WHEREAS, REHAB Products and Services provides employment
7 development and work activities for persons with disabilities,
8 both on-site and in the community; and
 
9     WHEREAS, When Mr. McConkey joined REHAB in 1974, he had
10 five employees and a budget of $96,000; today, the business is
11 a $2.5 million operation with 75 employees and another 75
12 persons with disabilities working at REHAB and in the
13 community; its headquarters, which started out as a
14 7,000-square-foot building, has expanded to over
15 30,000-square-feet in order to accommodate the growth in
16 business; REHAB also maintains three off-site operations, two
17 maintenance contracts, and a distribution operation in the
18 community; and
 
19     WHEREAS, Last year, REHAB job-placed 29 persons with
20 disabilities in the community; they also provide grounds and
21 building maintenance for three State of Illinois rest areas,
22 handle distribution operations for the Department of Veterans
23 Affairs' Illiana Health Care System, and provide janitorial
24 services for U.S. Can Co. and the U.S. Army Reserves; and
 
25     WHEREAS, In his retirement, Mr. McConkey plans to do some
26 traveling with his wife, Kay, and spend more time with his
27 children and four grandchildren; he also looks forward to
28 attending auctions to look for antiques and old tools to pursue
29 his hobby of restoring old furniture; therefore, be it
 
30     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE

 

 

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1 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
2 we congratulate Larry McConkey on the occasion of his
3 retirement as head of REHAB Products and Services after 31
4 years of service, and we wish him many years of health and
5 happiness; and be it further
 
6     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7 presented to him as an expression of our respect and esteem.