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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representative wish to congratulate the owners and staff of
4Record Newspapers on their recent awards; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Illinois' top newspapers were honored at the
6Illinois Press Association's annual convention, where more
7than 100 daily and non-daily newspapers competed in 36
8editorial categories; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Record Newspapers' staff members won 10 awards in
10the annual Illinois Press Association contest; and
 
11    WHEREAS, First place honors were awarded to assistant
12sports editor Christine Bolin Dascher in the category of sports
13story for her Plano Record article on Jim Green's retirement as
14Plano High School football coach and to reporter Matt Schury in
15the category of government beat reporting for his series of
16articles on the Kendall County Coroner's Office; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Second place honors were awarded to reporter Lyle
18Rolfe for the Ledger-Sentinel in Oswego for school board
19coverage, to photographer Joanna Pleskovich for her series of
20photos of a pumpkin race, and to Sandwich Record for a series
21of advertisements for Sandwich Chiropractic; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Third place honors were awarded to Kendall County
2Record editor Kathy Farren for her editorial on setting a time
3limit on public comment at government meetings, to the
4Ledger-Sentinel for general excellence, as well as for best
5advertisement less than a full-page for Oswego Cyclery; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Honorable mentions were awarded to
7Ledger-Sentinel editor John Etherredge for his editorial on
8restricting burning near city limits and to the Sandwich Record
9for best spot color advertisement for an advertisement from
10Trinity Women's Health Care; therefore, be it
 
11    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
12NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
13we congratulate the owners and staff of Record Newspapers on
14their recent awards at the annual Illinois Press Association
15contest and wish them continued success in their journalism
16career; and be it further
 
17    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
18presented to Record Newspapers staff members as a symbol of our
19esteem and respect.