Full Text of HR0281 97th General Assembly
HR0281 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans | 3 | | will present its
annual "Dante Award" on May 19, 2011 to Linda | 4 | | Yu, Anchorwoman for ABC Channel 7 in Chicago; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Linda Yu joined ABC 7 Chicago in 1984; and in | 6 | | April of 2005 was inducted into the "Silver Circle" of | 7 | | legendary Chicago broadcasters; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, During her career in Chicago, she has earned 5 | 9 | | local Emmy awards; she recently won an Emmy for her | 10 | | contributions to a primetime special "Chicago's Road to China," | 11 | | exploring the Chicago connections to the growing Asian economy | 12 | | in China; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, She was also honored with an Emmy for her | 14 | | examination of the aftermath of 9/11; she received the Emmy for | 15 | | Outstanding Achievement with a Regularly Scheduled News | 16 | | Program, Spot Coverage in 1987; in 1982, she won for her | 17 | | coverage of a construction accident in Chicago's Loop; and in | 18 | | 1981, she received an Emmy for her special newscast on the | 19 | | attempted assassination of President Reagan;
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, In 1984, she was honored with a National Gold | 21 | | Medal from the National Conference of Community and Justice for |
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| 1 | | her documentary, "The Scars of Belfast"; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Prior to working with ABC 7, she served as the | 3 | | co-anchor for WMAQ-TV from 1980 to 1984; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The Dante Award is given by the Joint Civic | 5 | | Committee of Italian Americans annually; the Joint Civic | 6 | | Committee on Italian Americans is an independent non-profit | 7 | | association dedicated to preserving Italian-American heritage | 8 | | and providing a unified voice for metropolitan Chicago's | 9 | | Italian-American community; the Dante Award is given to a | 10 | | member of the local news media who has answered Dante | 11 | | Alighieri's call to be no timid friend to truth; therefore, be | 12 | | it | 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 | | we congratulate Linda Yu on being named the recipient of the | 16 | | 2011 Dante Award, presented by the Joint Civic Committee of | 17 | | Italian Americans, for her dedication, service, and | 18 | | inspiration in the field of news; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to Linda Yu
as a symbol our respect and esteem.
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