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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 are pleased to honor John Lord for his many |
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| years of service as the Naperville Municipal Band's sound |
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| engineer; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Lord valiantly served his country during World |
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| War II in General Patton's Third Army at the Battle of the |
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| Bulge; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Lord went on to work for 5 years in radio and |
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| television at KGLO AM/FM/TV in Mason City, Iowa, where he met |
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| Ann Good of Naperville; they were married on August 14, 1954; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Lord worked for DuKane Electronics in their |
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| Audio-Visual Division for 25 years; he acted as ringmaster for |
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| the Naperville Municipal Band Circus concerts; one memorable |
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| night with the band is when Mr. Lord impersonated Maurice |
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| Chevalier and sang "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" at a concert |
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| featuring Broadway songs; he served as the sound engineer for |
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| the Municipal Band for 45 years until he retired in 2002; and
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| WHEREAS, The Naperville Municipal Band was first organized |
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| in 1859 and became a municipal band in 1931; the band performs |
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| free outdoor concerts each Thursday night in Naperville's |
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| Central Park during the summer as well as several indoor |
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| concerts during the winter; the band is the proud recipient of |
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| the Sudler Silver Scroll Award and the Sudler Historic Band |
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| Award from the John Philip Sousa Foundation; in 2000, the band |
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| was chosen for the Local Legacy Award from the U.S. Library of |
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| Congress and the U.S. House of Representatives; and
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| WHEREAS, At the weekly concert on Thursday, June 24, 2004, |
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| Mr. Lord will be honored with some special presentations for |