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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to honor Ray Lomas of Rock Island
4on a lifetime of helping children in the communities that
5surround him; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Since the 1950s, Ray Lomas has been a fixture in
7Rock Island, helping underprivileged kids; he has coached
8baseball teams, started the Rock Island Track Club in the early
91960s, and was a co-founder of the Metro Youth Group in the
101980s; and
 
11    WHEREAS, On October 24, 2013, approximately 250 people
12attended a gathering at the Rock Island Holiday Inn to honor
13Ray Lomas; in attendance was Rock Island Mayor Dennis Pauley
14who declared October 24 to be Ray Lomas Day in the city; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Ray Lomas was born in Jackson, Mississippi and his
16family eventually settled in Rock Island; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Ray Lomas spent 36 years working for the John
18Deere Company in East Moline; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Ray Lomas has touched the lives of hundreds, if
20not thousands, of children and has always tried to make a

 

 

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1difference, not only in the west end of Rock Island, but the in
2the Quad-Cites as well; therefore, be it
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
5we recognize and honor Ray Lomas on a lifetime of helping
6others and wish him the best in all his future endeavors; and
7be it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9presented to Ray Lomas as an expression of our esteem and
10respect.