Full Text of HR0486 94th General Assembly
HR0486 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Dwight A. Lucas, the East Central Illinois | 3 |
| Community Action Agency chief executive officer, was recently | 4 |
| honored by the Illinois Community Action Association for his | 5 |
| public service; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Lucas received the 2005 Martin Luther King Jr. | 7 |
| Public Service Award at the organization's annual dinner; he | 8 |
| received an inscribed plaque with a picture of Martin Luther | 9 |
| King Jr. on it; and
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| WHEREAS, He has served as the executive director of the | 11 |
| Laura Lee Fellowship House since 2001, and is actively involved | 12 |
| in the Dustbowl basketball tournament as well as the Illinois | 13 |
| Community Action Association; he has worked at the East Central | 14 |
| Illinois Community Action Agency for more than 20 years and has | 15 |
| been its chief executive officer for 18 years; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1996, Mr. Lucas became a certified community | 17 |
| action professional through the National Association for | 18 |
| Community Action Association; he serves on community action | 19 |
| affiliated boards and is chair of the Illinois Community Action | 20 |
| Association (ICAA); he also is a board member of Illinois | 21 |
| Ventures for Community Action and serves as a member of the | 22 |
| Governor's Community Service Advisory Council; and
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| WHEREAS, During his tenure as president of the ICAA, Mr. | 24 |
| Lucas has provided stewardship and clarity of vision; he | 25 |
| provided support to the ICAA during a staffing transition, and | 26 |
| under his aegis, the association has become one of the | 27 |
| strongest organizations in its field; through his work, the | 28 |
| theory of the Community Action Bus Tour has become a reality; | 29 |
| these tours raise the visibility of community action agencies | 30 |
| and the services they offer; and
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| WHEREAS, He and his wife, Audrey, have been married for 35 | 2 |
| years; they have a daughter, Angela, and twin sons, Dwight II | 3 |
| and Dwayne; he has a granddaughter, Ahnae Candace Jones; he is | 4 |
| a member of New Life Church of Faith, and in his spare time he | 5 |
| enjoys fishing, spending time with his family, and watching | 6 |
| sports; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 9 |
| we congratulate Dwight A. Lucas on being the recipient of the | 10 |
| 2005 Martin Luther King Jr. Public Service Award, and we thank | 11 |
| him for his dedication to the needs of his community and this | 12 |
| State; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to him as an expression of our respect and esteem.
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