Full Text of HR1510 94th General Assembly
HR1510 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Loren Tate was born on November 3, 1931, in | | 3 |
| Owensboro, Kentucky and recently celebrated his 75th birthday; | | 4 |
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| WHEREAS, Loren Tate grew up in Monticello, Illinois; he is | | 6 |
| a 1949 graduate of Monticello High School and a 1953 graduate | | 7 |
| of the University of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, He was Sports Editor of the Hammond Times in | | 9 |
| Hammond, Indiana from 1955 to 1966 and then was hired at the | | 10 |
| News-Gazette in Champaign, Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, He was Sports Director at WICD-TV from 1968 to | | 12 |
| 1979, reporting sports on the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. news each | | 13 |
| evening, while also writing his column for the News-Gazette; | | 14 |
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| WHEREAS, Loren Tate is known for co-hosting the "Saturday | | 16 |
| Sportsline" show on WDWS, which he started in 1979 with Larry | | 17 |
| Stewart; WDWS still broadcasts Loren with co-host, Jim Turpin, | | 18 |
| every Saturday; and
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| WHEREAS, He was named Executive Sports Editor of the | | 20 |
| News-Gazette in 1987; in 1988 he won a first place award for | | 21 |
| best news story from the Associated Press Sports Editors; and
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| WHEREAS, He is the author of the book, "A Century of Orange | | 23 |
| and Blue: Celebrating 100 Years of Fighting Illini Basketball"; | | 24 |
| he has been inducted into the IHSA Basketball Hall of Fame, the | | 25 |
| Hammond Sports Hall of Fame, and the Monticello High School | | 26 |
| Hall of Fame and has received the University of Illinois | | 27 |
| honorary Varsity I award; and in 2003 received the News Gazette | | 28 |
| Publisher's Award; and
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| WHEREAS, Loren Tate is an avid golfer and softball player; | | 2 |
| he plays softball in a Champaign Park District league; he is | | 3 |
| the father of Melinda Burden, Lori Simon, Kathy Tate, and | | 4 |
| Travis Tate; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | | 6 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | | 7 |
| we congratulate Loren Tate on having a portion of Fremont | | 8 |
| Street in downtown Champaign named "Loren Tate Way" on November | | 9 |
| 3, 2006 in honor of his dedication to Fighting Illini sports; | | 10 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | | 12 |
| presented to Loren Tate, along with our sincere regards.
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