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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of James K. Polk of Peoria, who passed away |
4 | | on November 8, 2016; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, James Polk was born in Memphis, Tennessee to |
6 | | Charlie and Nellie (Jones) Polk on June 13, 1939; he married |
7 | | Virginia Kyle, Patricia Stokes, and then Patti; and
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8 | | WHEREAS, For more than 50 years, James Polk demonstrated a |
9 | | passion for bringing people together to create substantive |
10 | | solutions that dealt with issues such as neighborhood |
11 | | development and involvement, economic development, social |
12 | | services, diversity, and civil rights; and
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13 | | WHEREAS, James Polk was a Peoria County Board member from |
14 | | 1972 to 1976 and from 1982 to 1985, and Peoria City Councilman |
15 | | for the First District from 1985 to 1993, the first African |
16 | | American to be elected to those positions; he served on the |
17 | | Illinois Central College Board of Trustees since 1997 with |
18 | | eight years in leadership positions; he served on the Board of |
19 | | Trustees Greater Peoria Mass Transit-City Link since 2007; he |
20 | | was on the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission for 10 |
21 | | years, where he served as Chairman; he served on numerous |
22 | | additional boards and committees; and
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