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