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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members of the House of  Representatives  of
 3    the State of Illinois wish to congratulate Taylor K. Anderson
 4    on  the  occasion  of  his  graduation  from Springfield High
 5    School; and

 6        WHEREAS, Taylor has a cumulative grade point  average  of
 7    4.1  on  a weighted scale; he is ranked 98 in a class of 371;
 8    he is a member of National Honor Society; and

 9        WHEREAS, Taylor participated in  many  activities  during
10    high  school,  including serving as the varsity football team
11    captain; he was a member of the Springfield Chapter of NAACP,
12    intramural  indoor  soccer,  Christian   Youth   Organization
13    basketball, Seven & Senators Show Choir, Faith Lutheran Youth
14    Group,  I Decide Teen Advisory Panel, and Principal Scholars;
15    he was volunteer coordinator for  ICASI  (Jack  'N  Jill),  a
16    member  of  Urban League National Achievers, and the District
17    186  Student  Representative  for   the   Disciplinary   Code
18    Committee; and

19        WHEREAS,  Taylor  was a member of German Club, a founding
20    member of the Springfield High School History Club, a  member
21    of  Latin  Club,  an  election  judge  for  the  2002 general
22    election,  an  honorary  page  in  the  Illinois   House   of
23    Representatives,  a powder puff (girls football) coach, and a
24    member of  the  freshman  and  junior  varsity  football  and
25    basketball teams; and

26        WHEREAS,  Taylor  has  generously  given  of  his time by
27    working in youth ministry in the Appalachian Mountains,  with
28    the  SIU  Foundation  -  Breast  Center,  at the Mini O'Brein
29    Crisis Nursery Holiday Store,  and  with  the  Union  Baptist
30    Bread  Line and Helping Hands Food Pantry; he has worked with
31    the YMCA Elementary Basketball program as an assistant coach;
32    he participated in the Big Brother  Big  Sister  Bowling  for
 
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 1    Kids,  the  Safe  Neighborhood  Halloween Party, and the Crop
 2    Walk for Hunger; and

 3        WHEREAS,  Taylor  has  been  employed   by   Isringhausen
 4    Imports, Staff Carpets & Vinyl Flooring, Anderson Legislative
 5    Consulting, and Cullen & Associates, Ltd.; he enjoys reading,
 6    traveling  abroad, playing the guitar and piano, listening to
 7    music, and computer interaction; and

 8        WHEREAS, Taylor plans to attend either Morehouse  College
 9    or  Clark  Atlanta  University;  he received the Presidential
10    Scholarship  from  Clark  Atlanta   University,   a   Tuition
11    Scholarship and acceptance in the Honors Program at Morehouse
12    College, and the Diversity Scholarship from the University of
13    Missouri;  he  plans  to  attend  law  school  after  college
14    graduation; therefore, be it

15        RESOLVED,   BY   THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
16    NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,  that
17    we  congratulate  Taylor  K.  Anderson on the occasion of his
18    graduation from Springfield High School; and be it further

19        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
20    presented  to  Taylor  K.  Anderson  as  an expression of our
21    respect and esteem and with best wishes for his future.