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 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
 
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 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.

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