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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Angela Comana of Althoff Catholic High School in
3 Belleville has been named one of 10 winners of the Chicago
4 Tribune's 2005 All-State Academic Team scholarship
5 competition; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Each of the 10 All-State Academic Team winners
7 receives a $2,000 scholarship from the Chicago Tribune
8 Foundation, which supports civic, educational, cultural, and
9 journalistic endeavors; the 10 winners and 61 regional
10 finalists also receive Olympic-style medallions; and
 
11     WHEREAS, The 250 high school seniors entered in the
12 competition all demonstrated strong academic achievement and
13 involvement in their communities, but the 10-member All-State
14 Academic Team winners are especially impressive; each
15 maintains an A average despite carrying numerous advanced
16 placement and honors courses; and
 
17     WHEREAS, A straight-A student, Angela Comana plans to study
18 electrical engineering at the University of Notre Dame in South
19 Bend, Indiana; and
 
20     WHEREAS, She is an accomplished jazz and ballet dancer and
21 a flute player; she also loves to read science fiction; she
22 spends at least seven hours a week studying and teaching ballet
23 and modern dance in suburban St. Louis; another two hours a
24 week are spent on the ice, where she teaches group figure
25 skating and has competed; and
 
26     WHEREAS, In her volunteer work, she danced in "Xanadu
27 Live", a benefit for breast cancer research, and earned a Girl
28 Scout Gold Award that involved the donation of personal items
29 and religious materials to prisoners at 12 southern Illinois
30 facilities; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
3 we commend Angela Comana on her outstanding musical, athletic,
4 and academic achievements and commitment to excellence and
5 extend our sincere best wishes for success and happiness in the
6 years to come; and be it further
 
7     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8 presented to Angela Comana as an expression of our admiration
9 and esteem.