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2005 SESSION
058657148Patrons-- Griffith, Abbitt, Albo, Alexander, Amundson, Armstrong, Athey, BaCote, Barlow, Baskerville, Bell, Black, Brink, Bryant, Byron, Callahan, Carrico, Cline, Cole, Cosgrove, Councill, Cox, Dillard, Dudley, Ebbin, Eisenberg, Fralin, Frederick, Gear, Hall, Hamilton, Hargrove, Hogan, Howell, A.T., Howell, W.J., Hugo, Hull, Hurt, Ingram, Janis, Joannou, Johnson, Jones, D.C., Jones, S.C., Keister, Kilgore, Landes, Lewis, Lingamfelter, Louderback, Marrs, Marshall, D.W., Marshall, R.G., May, McDonnell, McDougle, McQuigg, Melvin, Miles, Miller, Moran, Morgan, Nixon, Nutter, O'Bannon, Oder, Orrock, Parrish, Petersen, Phillips, Plum, Pollard, Purkey, Putney, Rapp, Reese, Reid, Rust, Saxman, Scott, E.T., Scott, J.M., Shannon, Sherwood, Shuler, Sickles, Spruill, Stump, Suit, Tata, Van Landingham, Van Yahres, Ward, Wardrup, Ware, O., Ware, R.L., Watts, Weatherholtz, Welch and Wright; Senators: Bell, Blevins, Bolling, Chichester, Colgan, Cuccinelli, Deeds, Devolites Davis, Edwards, Hanger, Hawkins, Houck, Howell, Lambert, Locke, Lucas, Marsh, Martin, Miller, Mims, Newman, Norment, Obenshain, O'Brien, Potts, Puckett, Puller, Quayle, Rerras, Reynolds, Ruff, Saslaw, Stolle, Stosch, Ticer, Wagner, Wampler, Watkins, Whipple and Williams
WHEREAS, Jay Evans Sears of Chesterfield, who was instrumental in making video coverage of the General Assembly more widely available to Virginia's citizens, died on February 17, 2005; and
WHEREAS, a native of West Virginia, Jay Sears was a pilot during World War II and owned and operated several coal companies in West Virginia after the war; and
WHEREAS, in 1961 Jay Sears began a career in video production in the Richmond area, served as news director for WXEX, Channel 8, in Petersburg for seven years, and produced that station's first color newscast; and
WHEREAS, in 1968 Jay Sears established a private video production company, Jay Sears News Service, a firm that to this day is responsible for documenting the proceedings of the House of Delegates for archival and historical reference; and
WHEREAS, Jay Sears, instrumental in establishing the innovation of filming the proceedings of the General Assembly and providing footage to out-of-town stations, helped eliminate the necessity of these stations having a reporter in Richmond to cover the legislature; and
WHEREAS, this procedure was a significant innovation at the time, and the practice continues to the present day; and
WHEREAS, Jay Sears also installed the first camera system for the House of Delegates and established the practice of televising the deliberations of the House over a closed-circuit network available for viewing in the State Capitol and General Assembly Building; and
WHEREAS, Jay Sears was highly regarded by his professional colleagues and by the members and staff of the General Assembly, and his contributions to greater public understanding of the actions of the General Assembly form a valuable legacy; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby note with great sadness the loss of an exceptionally creative and innovative professional, Jay Evans Sears; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Jay Evans Sears as an expression of the high regard in which his memory is held by the members of the General Assembly.