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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans | ||||||
| 3 | will present its
annual "Dante Award" on May 17, 2007 to Ron | ||||||
| 4 | Magers, news anchor and reporter for ABC 7 in Chicago; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Ron Magers is the co-anchor, along with Kelly | ||||||
| 6 | Brock, of the number one rated and most watched newscast in | ||||||
| 7 | Chicago; he also co-anchors the 5:00 p.m. news with Cheryl | ||||||
| 8 | Burton, also a top rated program; he joined ABC 7 in 1998; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Mr. Magers is also heard on WLS Radio 890 weekdays | ||||||
| 10 | from 3:00 to 3:20, giving his perspective on what is happening | ||||||
| 11 | around the City of Chicago; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Before working for ABC 7, he worked as the anchor | ||||||
| 13 | of the 5, 6, and 10 p.m. newscasts on WMAQ-TV; before that he | ||||||
| 14 | worked as the principal news anchor at KSTP-TV in Minneapolis, | ||||||
| 15 | Minnesota; he has also worked as a reporter and anchor in San | ||||||
| 16 | Francisco, California and Portland, Oregon;
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Mr. Magers began his career at KEZI-TV in Eugene, | ||||||
| 18 | Oregon as a reporter and news anchor; he began gaining | ||||||
| 19 | experience in high school in Toppenish, Washington, where he | ||||||
| 20 | hosted radio shows part-time; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Mr. Magers has won several awards, including seven | ||||||
| 2 | Chicago Emmy Awards, a Peter Lisagor Award, a National Press | ||||||
| 3 | Club citation, an Associated Press Award, an Illinois | ||||||
| 4 | Broadcasters Association award, the Ohio State Award, and an | ||||||
| 5 | Ethics Award from the Society of Professional Journalists;
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Ron Magers is a member of the American Federation | ||||||
| 7 | of Television and Radio Artist; he supports Heartland Alliance, | ||||||
| 8 | Baseball Cancer Charities, Northwestern University Settlement | ||||||
| 9 | House, Howard Brown Health Care, and the Greater Chicago Food | ||||||
| 10 | Depository;
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| 11 | WHEREAS, His hobbies include boating, as well as breeding | ||||||
| 12 | and racing Thoroughbred horses; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Ron Magers is married and lives in the City of | ||||||
| 14 | Chicago; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, The Dante Award is given by the Joint Civic | ||||||
| 16 | Committee on Italian Americans in order to recognize positive | ||||||
| 17 | contributions being made by a person in the communications | ||||||
| 18 | field who helps foster the true image of Italian people; it is | ||||||
| 19 | given annually to a member of the fourth estate who best | ||||||
| 20 | exemplifies Dante's edict to be no timid friend to truth; | ||||||
| 21 | therefore, be it | ||||||
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 2 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 3 | congratulate Ron Magers on being named the recipient of the | ||||||
| 4 | 2007 Dante Award, presented by the Joint Civic Committee of | ||||||
| 5 | Italian Americans, for his dedication, service, and | ||||||
| 6 | inspiration in the field of news reporting; and be it further
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| 7 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 8 | presented to Ron Magers
with our respect and esteem.
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