Full Text of HR0670 94th General Assembly
HR0670 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Larry McConkey, head of REHAB Products and Service | 3 |
| for 31 years, retired on October 1, 2005; known by employees as | 4 |
| a kind and understanding man, his service at REHAB was a labor | 5 |
| of love; and
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| WHEREAS, REHAB Products and Services provides employment | 7 |
| development and work activities for persons with disabilities, | 8 |
| both on-site and in the community; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, When Mr. McConkey joined REHAB in 1974, he had | 10 |
| five employees and a budget of $96,000; today, the business is | 11 |
| a $2.5 million operation with 75 employees and another 75 | 12 |
| persons with disabilities working at REHAB and in the | 13 |
| community; its headquarters, which started out as a | 14 |
| 7,000-square-foot building, has expanded to over | 15 |
| 30,000-square-feet in order to accommodate the growth in | 16 |
| business; REHAB also maintains three off-site operations, two | 17 |
| maintenance contracts, and a distribution operation in the | 18 |
| community; and
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| WHEREAS, Last year, REHAB job-placed 29 persons with | 20 |
| disabilities in the community; they also provide grounds and | 21 |
| building maintenance for three State of Illinois rest areas, | 22 |
| handle distribution operations for the Department of Veterans | 23 |
| Affairs' Illiana Health Care System, and provide janitorial | 24 |
| services for U.S. Can Co. and the U.S. Army Reserves; and
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| WHEREAS, In his retirement, Mr. McConkey plans to do some | 26 |
| traveling with his wife, Kay, and spend more time with his | 27 |
| children and four grandchildren; he also looks forward to | 28 |
| attending auctions to look for antiques and old tools to pursue | 29 |
| his hobby of restoring old furniture; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 2 |
| we congratulate Larry McConkey on the occasion of his | 3 |
| retirement as head of REHAB Products and Services after 31 | 4 |
| years of service, and we wish him many years of health and | 5 |
| happiness; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to him as an expression of our respect and esteem.
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