Full Text of HR0685 96th General Assembly
HR0685 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Jane Newton on the | 4 |
| occasion of winning first place in community service at the | 5 |
| National Newspaper Association 2009 Better Newspaper Contest | 6 |
| for her "Hola!" special section of the Galena Gazette; and
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| WHEREAS, Jane Newton is a 21-year-old college student; she | 8 |
| attends Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan, | 9 |
| where she is majoring in public relations with a minor in Latin | 10 |
| American studies; during college, she spent a semester studying | 11 |
| in Mexico, Peru, and Argentine and lived in Mexico for a year | 12 |
| as a Rotary exchange student in 2006-2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Jane Newton is the daughter of P. Carter and Sarah | 14 |
| Newton, the publishers of the Galena Gazette; she grew up in | 15 |
| the family business and has worked in every single department | 16 |
| at the newspaper; and
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| WHEREAS, Due to its ample employment opportunities, the | 18 |
| City of Galena has attracted many Spanish-speaking people; in | 19 |
| response to the growth of the Hispanic population, the Gazette | 20 |
| staff debated how best to serve this segment of the population; | 21 |
| this proved difficult, due to the lack of Spanish speakers on | 22 |
| staff; Ms. Newton, after her first year of college, arranged a |
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| school-sponsored internship at The Gazette with the purpose of | 2 |
| working on a project which helped tell the story of Galena's | 3 |
| Spanish speaking population; the project, titled "Hola", | 4 |
| became a 24-page special section in English and Spanish; in a | 5 |
| display of great initiative, she conducted all the interviews, | 6 |
| wrote almost all the stories, took all the photos, sold all the | 7 |
| ads, and assembled all the pages; and
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| WHEREAS, "Hola" received rave reviews from the community | 9 |
| and helped to create a better understanding of Galena's sizable | 10 |
| Hispanic community; in addition to the first place award from | 11 |
| the National Newspaper Association, the project has also won | 12 |
| four first-place awards in Illinois Press Association | 13 |
| news-editorial and advertising-marketing contests; and
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| WHEREAS, Jane Newton’s hard work and willingness to promote | 15 |
| understanding between different cultures makes her a role model | 16 |
| for the people of the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 |
| congratulate Jane Newton on the occasion of winning first place | 20 |
| in community service at the National Newspaper Association 2009 | 21 |
| Better Newspaper Contest and wish her continued success and | 22 |
| happiness in the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to Jane Newton as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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