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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Loren Tate was born on November 3, 1931, in |
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| Owensboro, Kentucky and recently celebrated his 75th birthday; |
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| WHEREAS, Loren Tate grew up in Monticello, Illinois; he is |
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| a 1949 graduate of Monticello High School and a 1953 graduate |
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| of the University of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, He was Sports Editor of the Hammond Times in |
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| Hammond, Indiana from 1955 to 1966 and then was hired at the |
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| News-Gazette in Champaign, Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, He was Sports Director at WICD-TV from 1968 to |
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| 1979, reporting sports on the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. news each |
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| evening, while also writing his column for the News-Gazette; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Loren Tate is known for co-hosting the "Saturday |
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| Sportsline" show on WDWS, which he started in 1979 with Larry |
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| Stewart; WDWS still broadcasts Loren with co-host, Jim Turpin, |
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| every Saturday; and
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| WHEREAS, He was named Executive Sports Editor of the |
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| News-Gazette in 1987; in 1988 he won a first place award for |
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| best news story from the Associated Press Sports Editors; and
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| WHEREAS, He is the author of the book, "A Century of Orange |
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| and Blue: Celebrating 100 Years of Fighting Illini Basketball"; |
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| he has been inducted into the IHSA Basketball Hall of Fame, the |
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| Hammond Sports Hall of Fame, and the Monticello High School |
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| Hall of Fame and has received the University of Illinois |
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| honorary Varsity I award; and in 2003 received the News Gazette |
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| Publisher's Award; and
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