Full Text of SR0417 095th General Assembly
SR0417 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Nia Thomas of Chicago, who recently | 4 |
| passed away; and
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| WHEREAS, Nia Thomas was born on March 28, 1991 in Chicago; | 6 |
| Nia, whose name in Swahili means "Purpose", would never allow | 7 |
| distractions to pull her away from her goals; and
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| WHEREAS, Nia Thomas was a beautiful young lady who had a | 9 |
| flair for creativity; at the age of two she was the little girl | 10 |
| who took scraps of paper left on the table by her teacher and | 11 |
| created a collage, her first framed work of art; she also | 12 |
| displayed a keen talent for drawing, writing, the performing | 13 |
| arts, and music; and
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| WHEREAS, At just four years old, Nia began playing the | 15 |
| violin and the piano; she began playing the flute when she was | 16 |
| eight, and in 2006 she picked up the saxophone; her first | 17 |
| performance was on stage for ballet and tap at age three, she | 18 |
| sang in the church choir since she was four, entered the | 19 |
| Princess Beauty Pageant at six , and in 2006 she took the lead | 20 |
| in Aladdin ; and
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| WHEREAS, Nia's interests included swimming, playing little |
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| league baseball, ice hockey, figure skating, fencing, taking | 2 |
| karate and Tai Chi lessons, gymnastics, and basketball; when | 3 |
| she was thirteen she became a certified scuba diver; she was | 4 |
| asked to be the assistant cheerleading coach; she took a seat | 5 |
| in student government;
Nia was involved with the Youth | 6 |
| Department at the Apostolic Church of God; she was a member of | 7 |
| The G.R.A.C.E. program, a program that groomed teenage girls to | 8 |
| lady-hood; and Nia and her two brothers were active members of | 9 |
| the Children's Concert Choir; and
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| WHEREAS, Nia Thomas has left an indelible mark on all of | 11 |
| her friends; she played a significant role in mentoring her two | 12 |
| brothers, Rheaves and Brooks
and is survived by them, her | 13 |
| cousins, her fellow students at the Cove School, and many | 14 |
| friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 16 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 17 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Nia Thomas; and be it | 18 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to the family of Nia Thomas as a symbol of our | 21 |
| sympathy.
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