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IN THE MATTER OF DECLARING RESOLUTION NO. 2005/662
OCTOBER 21,2005 AS"RAIN MAN DAY"
IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
..WHEREAS, Kim Peek is an amazing man end mega satvant on„whose life the movie "Rain Man”was
based;and
AVHEREAS,Kim Peek,:known as K.1" ,mputer to many,has a�ency+cloged c memory and can recall
and verbal��e information.from..an,: extensive list of topics.,including:Wk1d and American history,
the Bilal� .prole.-ss" i...onal sports, movies, actors and aetr�sses;, iiphy, telephone book
information,1b"...s'"pace program, authors and literature(especially ShaTcespeare) and much more;
and "`''
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NMEREAS, Kirit Peek defies the labelof autism an�1 is a wa.....
rm, person vi�ho truly cares for
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pqW ..land enjoys sharing-his-unique skills and knowledg+�capac�Z�
WHEREAS, Xi'm:Peek, after spending part of hid�if�in seelu�ibn,�m�rg�d�it�i the Help of his father
Fran and began a career::as a motivational speaker"'
, apDearing ore hundredf thousands of
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,e s�ly senotildfin, telling Ahern that everyi.e has.:some�lung to �ntribute despite
their outward differences;and ........... ......
VMEREASi% a
M Peek's upbea"",
t message is "Learning�0gnze a*nd respect dtterences in others
and treating them as you-want them to tr.-e.*::'a:"t"*:*""YOU'*WiI�bang u�the
k in�i of �rl�`we want to live in.
Let's ..
sh�.re,dare and be.,,our bestff:....... ...... .................... ............ .......... "
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NOW, THEREFORE, 'BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of`Su��rvisor� of Contra Costa County
acknowledges the-courage of Kim Peek-for his outstant�ing contri�txons to his community and
declares October 21,200 as"Rain Man Day"in Contra Costa County.
PASSED AND ADOy1"ED*i:ON`,%0A6ber Vii, 2005 by a unanimous vote of the Board members present.
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GAYLE ILKEMA
Chair
District II Supervisor
JOHN GIOIA . PIEPHO
District I Supervisor District III Supe
MARK DeSAULNIER FEDE D. GLOVER
District IV Supervisor District V Supervisor
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I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken
and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date
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_y~' ATTES1'Ell: OCTOBER 11,2005
�OS,7A CO�.�'� JOHN SWEETEN, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County
Administr tor,
gY . � � r'L,./ ,Deputy
Introduced by Supervisor DeSaulnier District IV