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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Harry "Bud" Kelley | ||||||
4 | on the occasion of his retirement after 34 years of service | ||||||
5 | with the Illinois Association of Tobacco and Candy | ||||||
6 | Distributors; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Bud Kelley was born on May 12, 1932, in Hillsboro; | ||||||
8 | his parents are Harry V. and Mildred Kelley; he married Nancy | ||||||
9 | Shuster in June of 1954; she passed away in 1994; he married | ||||||
10 | Sharon Duesterhaus Elvidge on September 2, 1995; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Bud Kelley was a member of the 1949 varsity | ||||||
12 | Hillsboro basketball team that won 2nd place in the Illinois | ||||||
13 | State Tournament; he graduated from Millikin University in | ||||||
14 | 1954; that same year, he was commissioned in the United States | ||||||
15 | Marines, where he attained the rank of Captain; after his | ||||||
16 | discharge from the military, he returned to Hillsboro to manage | ||||||
17 | his family's business, Kelley Foods; on February 1, 1966, he | ||||||
18 | joined the Illinois Department of Business and Economic | ||||||
19 | Development as Chief Administrative Assistant to the Director; | ||||||
20 | and
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21 | WHEREAS, Bud Kelley was the organizer and developer of the | ||||||
22 | safe Halloween Trick or Treating at the Governor's Mansion for |
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1 | School Children, which continues today through the Secretary of | ||||||
2 | State after 20 years of continuous operation; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Since 1975, Bud Kelley has served as Executive | ||||||
4 | Director of the Illinois Association of Tobacco and Candy | ||||||
5 | Distributors, where he has served as an advocate and liaison | ||||||
6 | between the Association's distributor members and the Illinois | ||||||
7 | General Assembly; during his tenure at the Association, he has | ||||||
8 | gained a sterling reputation as a tireless and dedicated worker | ||||||
9 | who always sought a balance between the concerns of the | ||||||
10 | distributors and manufacturers he represented and those of the | ||||||
11 | government; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Bud Kelley was an active member of the Jaycees, | ||||||
13 | the Hillsboro Voluntary Fire Department, and the Hillsboro | ||||||
14 | Chamber of Commerce; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Bud Kelley has been the recipient of numerous | ||||||
16 | awards and accolades for his service to the community, | ||||||
17 | including the first ever Hillsboro Education Foundation's | ||||||
18 | Distinguished Alumni Award, the National Brotherhood Award | ||||||
19 | from the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the | ||||||
20 | designation of a room in his name at the Abraham Lincoln | ||||||
21 | Presidential Library, the 1965 Outstanding Young Men of America | ||||||
22 | Award, 2 Ernest J. O'Brien Awards for Outstanding State | ||||||
23 | Association Executive, the 1980 American Jewish Committee |
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1 | Human Relations Award, and the 1987 Max Bloom Memorial Award; | ||||||
2 | in 2004, he was named an Honorary Mayor of Clonmel, Ireland and | ||||||
3 | was instrumental in obtaining Clonmel as a sister city to | ||||||
4 | Peoria; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Bud Kelley is well known by his friends and | ||||||
6 | colleagues as a man of great honesty and integrity with a | ||||||
7 | giving heart; therefore, be it
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8 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
9 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
10 | congratulate Harry "Bud" Kelley on the occasion of his | ||||||
11 | retirement and wish him many happy and healthy retirement | ||||||
12 | years; and be it further
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13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
14 | presented to Bud Kelley as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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