Full Text of HR0233 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dina Bair, WGN | 4 | | midday news anchor, as she receives the 2013 Dante Award from | 5 | | the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Dante Award recognizes those who have made a | 7 | | positive contribution in the field of communications that helps | 8 | | foster the true image of the Italian people; the award bears | 9 | | the name of one of the greatest literary geniuses of all time | 10 | | and certainly one of Italy's most illustrious sons; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Dina Bair is an Emmy award-winning journalist who | 12 | | is currently the anchor for WGN's "Midday News"; she is also | 13 | | the medical reporter for the "Medical Watch" segments seen | 14 | | throughout the day on WGN; in 2013 she traveled to Vatican City | 15 | | to report on the election of the new Pope; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dina Bair joined WGN-TV as a full-time general | 17 | | assignment reporter in September of 1994; she anchored the "WGN | 18 | | Weekend Morning News" from December 1994 to December 1999; | 19 | | prior to coming to WGN, she worked for CLTV in Oak Brook, | 20 | | WHOI-TV in Peoria, and WMAQ-TV in Chicago; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Dina Bair has received 7 Emmy Awards, a Peter |
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| 1 | | Lisagor award from the Society of Professional Journalists, and | 2 | | multiple Associated Press awards for both anchoring and | 3 | | reporting; she was named a Fellow by the National Press | 4 | | Foundation for the "Cancer Issues" seminar in Washington, D.C. | 5 | | and her news series "Intensive Caring" won awards for its news | 6 | | and documentary coverage; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Dina Bair is a founding board member of the breast | 8 | | cancer charity "One in a Million: Dancing With Chicago | 9 | | Celebrities" and she leads a media running team devoted to | 10 | | raising funds for charity; she is involved with The National | 11 | | Italian American Foundation, the Muscular Dystrophy | 12 | | Association, LUNGevity, the Respiratory Health Association, | 13 | | the American Cancer Society, and Imerman Angels; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Dina Bair is originally from the east coast and | 15 | | received a bachelor's of science degree in radio-TV-film from | 16 | | Northwestern University; she is married with 4 children and a | 17 | | tri-athlete who enjoys running, boxing, lifting weights, and | 18 | | competitive ballroom dancing; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, This year marks the 42nd annual Dante Award | 20 | | presented by the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans; | 21 | | therefore, be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| 1 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 2 | | we congratulate Dina Bair as she receives the 2013 Dante Award | 3 | | from the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans; and be it | 4 | | further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to Dina Bair as an expression of our esteem and | 7 | | respect.
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