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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the 
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State of Illinois wish to congratulate Richard A. "Dick" 
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Armstrong on the occasion of his retirement from the Quad City 
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Area REALTOR Association; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Richard A. Armstrong is a native of Springfield; 
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he attended MacMurray College in Jacksonville; he worked with 
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Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Davenport, Iowa, and 
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was field director for the Illowa Council, Boy Scouts of 
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America; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Dick joined the Illinois Quad City Area REALTOR 
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Association in January of 1979 as the Association Executive; he 
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received an Association Executive designation the same year; he 
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received his Certified Association Executive designation in 
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1993 and a REALTOR Association Certified Executive designation 
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in 2000; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Dick is a member of the Real Estate Education 
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Association and is known for being involved nationally, 
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statewide, and locally through several committees; he was the 
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Federal District Coordinator for Congressman Lane Evans; he 
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served as a member of many Association Executive Committees and 
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on the Member Services Involvement group; he served on the 
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Professional Standards Committees, the Legislative Committee, 
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the Multi-Family Housing Sub-Committee (1992), the Equal 
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Opportunity House Committee (1990), the License Law Committee 
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(1983), and the Bylaws Committee; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Under the leadership of Mr. Armstrong, the Quad 
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City REALTOR Association has undergone many changes, growing in 
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multiple ways; in 1979, the Association added online service, 
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which allowed REALTOR offices to access the MLS computer; in 
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1983, a subsidiary corporation was formed, the Quad City Real 
 


 









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Estate Information Services, Inc., which began publishing and 
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distributing real estate advertising; in 1988, a Commercial 
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Division was organized as a joint venture with the Iowa Board 
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with MLS service; at this time, the first on-line system was 
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purchased adding Rock Island and Henry County tax information 
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to the system as well as on-line photos; also in the late 
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1980s, a Board Store was established; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 1991, the Association placed the first keysafe 
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system in the area into effect; in 1993, the group signed a 
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multi-board agreement with the Galesburg Board of REALTORS and 
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then with the Fulton County Board in 1996; also in 1996, the 
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group entered the world wide web with it's first web page; in 
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1997, the Quad City Real Estate Referral Co. was established 
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along with a multi-board agreement for Professional Standards; 
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in 1999, the Association office was sold and the group moved to 
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its present location; in 2001, Real Estate Education Services, 
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Inc. was established; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Armstrong accomplished much in his time of 
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service to the Quad City REALTOR Association and has made the 
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Association what it is today, and he has been instrumental in 
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the development and success of the Galesburg Board of REALTORS; 
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he has been a loyal and long-standing member of the Kiwanis; 
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therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Mr. Richard Armstrong on the occasion of his 
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retirement from the Quad City REALTOR Association and the 
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Galesburg Board of REALTORS; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Dick Armstrong as an expression of our respect and 
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esteem for his devoted service to the Quad City REALTOR 
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Association and the Galesburg Board of REALTORS.