Full Text of HR0596 094th General Assembly
HR0596 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, On August 29, 2005, Raymond Edward Senteney will | 3 |
| complete 50 years of service with the City of Mattoon; and
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| WHEREAS, The City is hosting an open reception for Mr. | 5 |
| Senteney on August 29, 2005, at the City Hall; at the Mattoon | 6 |
| City Council meeting on August 16, 2005, he was honored by the | 7 |
| Mayor and Council with a plaque for his 50 years of service; | 8 |
| the Mayor also announced that the Mattoon Police Department | 9 |
| Pistol Range will now be known as the Raymond E. Senteney | 10 |
| Mattoon Police Pistol Range; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Senteney was born February 4, 1921, in | 12 |
| Mattoon; he attended Mattoon schools and graduated from Mattoon | 13 |
| High in 1939; he was in the first ROTC class at Mattoon High | 14 |
| School and played a French horn in the band; he worked at the | 15 |
| Mattoon Journal-Gazette for a short while after high school | 16 |
| during 1939 - 1940; he served in the U.S. Navy during World War | 17 |
| II as a steam fitter on a ship and was honorably discharged; he | 18 |
| worked for the New York Central Railroad as a pipe fitter prior | 19 |
| to the railroad closing its repair shops in Mattoon; and
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| WHEREAS, He was sworn in as a Mattoon Police Patrolman on | 21 |
| August 29, 1955; he was promoted to Captain on August 1, 1963, | 22 |
| Assistant Chief on June 1, 1969, and Chief of Police on January | 23 |
| 15, 1974; he retired from the police department as Chief of | 24 |
| Police on August 31, 1985; and
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| WHEREAS, He was one of the first Mattoon police officers to | 26 |
| attend Northwestern
University Police Traffic Institute and | 27 |
| the University of Illinois Police Training Institute for basic | 28 |
| training; he also attended a police executive training program | 29 |
| at the FBI Academy at Quantico, Virginia; he was selected as | 30 |
| the 1972 "Police Officer of the Year" by the Mattoon VFW and, | 31 |
| in 1974, as the "Outstanding Police Officer" by the Mattoon |
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| Jaycees; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Senteney was one of four co-founders and | 3 |
| officers of the Mattoon Police Department Pistol Club and was | 4 |
| the initiator and force behind the building of the Mattoon | 5 |
| Police Department Pistol Range at Lake Paradise; he still works | 6 |
| on the water system at the range each spring and fall; and
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| WHEREAS, He became a licensed plumber while serving on the | 8 |
| police department and upon retirement from the police | 9 |
| department, he became Mattoon Plumbing Inspector on September | 10 |
| 1, 1985; he established the first set of records for
plumbing | 11 |
| inspections conducted in the City; he became a licensed
local | 12 |
| plumbing inspector when the licensing first became available by | 13 |
| the State and received his certification in the first group; he | 14 |
| continues to attend in-service training for Illinois plumbers | 15 |
| and licensed plumbing inspectors provided by the Illinois | 16 |
| Department of Public Health; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Senteney has been active in community affairs | 18 |
| and professional organizations; he has been a member of Mattoon | 19 |
| First Baptist Church for over 70 years and served as a Deacon | 20 |
| and Trustee; he is Past Master of the Mattoon Masonic Lodge 260 | 21 |
| and served at one meeting with all lodge officer positions | 22 |
| filled by law
enforcement officers; he is a past President and | 23 |
| Treasurer of Corn Belt Shrine Club; he served as President of | 24 |
| Mattoon High Twelve Club; he is a past President of the Mattoon | 25 |
| Police Benevolent and Protective Association; he served as | 26 |
| President of Central Illinois Chiefs of Police Association; he | 27 |
| is a former Director of the Big Four Credit Union in Mattoon | 28 |
| and a former Secretary of the Mattoon Police Department Pension | 29 |
| Board; and
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| WHEREAS, He is also a member of the Illinois Plumbing | 31 |
| Inspectors Association, the Mattoon American Legion, the | 32 |
| Mattoon Moose Lodge, the Danville Scottish Rite, the |
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| Springfield Ansar Shrine Temple, a life member of the Illinois | 2 |
| Police Association, a life member of Illinois Association of | 3 |
| Chiefs of Police, and a former member of the International
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| Association of Chiefs of Police; and
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| WHEREAS, He and his wife of 63 years, Mae, have a son, two | 6 |
| grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren; 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 Raymond Senteney on his 50 years of exceptional | 10 |
| service with the City of Mattoon, and we wish him well in his | 11 |
| continued service as Mattoon Plumbing Inspector and in all his | 12 |
| future endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to Raymond Senteney as an expression of our | 15 |
| admiration and esteem.
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