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91_HR0460 LRB9109327CBcb 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION 2 WHEREAS, Meghan Krueger was born on October 23, 1984 in 3 Arlington Heights, Illinois, and was a lifelong resident of 4 Schaumburg; and 5 WHEREAS, She was the daughter of Mike and Jill Krueger 6 and the sister of Amanda and Jenny Krueger; and 7 WHEREAS, She loved animals, music, sports, family, and 8 Jesus Christ and will be remembered for her contagious smile; 9 and 10 WHEREAS, She was an incoming freshman of Hoffman Estates 11 High School; and 12 WHEREAS, On August 20, 1999, she was on her way home from 13 school to tell her family that she had made the varsity swim 14 team when she was tragically struck by a van; and 15 WHEREAS, She left this world on August 30, 1999, and is 16 missed by many, and 17 WHEREAS, Pedestrian overpasses will be built because of 18 the intercession of Governor George Ryan; there are two 19 proposed overpasses on Gannon Road, at the intersections of 20 both Golf Road and Higgins Road, in Hoffman Estates near 21 Hoffman Estates High School; and 22 WHEREAS, The overpasses will provide a safe passage for 23 children to get to and from Hoffman Estates High School 24 without interfering with the flow of traffic; therefore, be 25 it 26 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 27 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 28 the two proposed overpasses on Gannon Road, at the 29 intersections of both Golf Road and Higgins Road in Hoffman 30 Estates, will be named the Meghan Krueger Overpasses; and be -2- LRB9109327CBcb 1 it further 2 RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation 3 be requested to erect, at a suitable location consistent with 4 State and federal regulations, an appropriate plaque or signs 5 giving notice of the name; and be it further 6 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 7 presented to Mike and Jill Krueger and the Secretary of 8 Transportation.