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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Katherine Reutter |
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| on the occasion of her silver and bronze medal victories in the |
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| speed skating competition at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in |
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| Vancouver, Canada; and
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| WHEREAS, Katherine Reutter was born on July 30, 1988, in |
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| Champaign; her parents are Beth and Jay Reutter; she graduated |
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| from Centennial High School in 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Katherine Reutter learned to skate with her mother |
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| during a figure skating class when she was 4 years old; she was |
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| inspired to become a speed skater after meeting 5-time Olympic |
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| gold medalist Bonnie Blair at her high school; she first |
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| started speed skating professionally in 2005 at the age of 17 |
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| and began training at the Olympic Training Center in Marquette, |
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| Michigan that year; she has trained in Salt Lake City, Utah |
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| since 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, In February of 2009, Katherine Reutter completed a |
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| 1,000-meter race in 1 minute and 29.667 seconds in Dresden, |
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| Germany; her time is less than 0.2 of a second short of the |
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| world record set in 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Katherine Reutter won 4 silver medals at the 2009 |
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| Short Track Speed Skating World Cup; she won the women's 1,500 |
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| meter at the 2009-2010 Short Track Speed Skating World Cup on |
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| November 7, 2009, finishing in 2:23.275 seconds and beating |
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| Ha-Ri Cho of South Korea; she then made the 2010 U.S. Olympic |
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| team after winning the 1,500 meter final at the Olympic short |
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| track trials in September of 2009; in December of 2009, she |
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| ranked 5th in the 500-meter category and 6th in the 1000-meter |
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| category; and
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| WHEREAS, During the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Katherine |
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| Reutter competed in the women's 3,000 meter relay and won the |
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| bronze medal; in the finals of the 1,000 meter event, she |
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| earned the silver medal; and
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| WHEREAS, Katherine Reutter plans to spend any money she |
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| will earn for winning an Olympic medal on making improvements |
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| to her parents' home in Champaign; and
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| WHEREAS, Katherine Reutter serves as a model of hard work, |
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| integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of |
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| Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| congratulate Katherine Reutter on the occasion of her |