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92_HR0821 LRB9216660RHrh 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION 2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 3 Representatives wish to recognize notable achievements of 4 citizens of the State of Illinois; and 5 WHEREAS, Each year the Secretary of State/Illinois State 6 Library Literacy Office and the Illinois Press Association 7 host the Spotlight on Achievement and Spotlight on Service 8 Awards, recognizing outstanding progress made by literacy 9 students or families and honoring volunteer tutors for their 10 heroic commitment to literacy; and 11 WHEREAS, Dorothy Hawn, a volunteer tutor from Kaskaskia 12 College, will receive the Spotlight on Service Award on May 13 17, 2002 in Springfield; and 14 WHEREAS, Dorothy Hawn has volunteered as a Literacy Tutor 15 in the Reading Link Adult Literacy Program at Kaskaskia 16 College in Centralia for the past 12 years; she has tutored 17 over 600 hours since January 1990; in addition, she 18 participates in local "Tutor Talks" and in many 19 out-of-district services; and 20 WHEREAS, Dorothy Hawn is a lead tutor at Kaskaskia 21 College and helps tutor trainees with observations and 22 assisting; she currently tutors an English as a Second 23 Language Class and is tutoring the English language to a 24 foreign student one-on-one; and 25 WHEREAS, Dorothy Hawn has received great satisfaction and 26 reward from her tutoring experiences; her inspiration has 27 helped a man pass the Commercial Driver's License test with 28 flying colors after less than a year's reading instruction 29 and has provided a female student, who had been hampered by 30 low self-esteem, the gift of confidence in her reading 31 skills; and -2- LRB9216660RHrh 1 WHEREAS, In recognition of her work with the Reading Link 2 Adult Literacy Program, Dorothy Hawn was the recipient of the 3 Reading Link Tutor of the Year in 1998; therefore, be it 4 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 5 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 6 we congratulate Dorothy Hawn on receiving the Spotlight on 7 Service Award in recognition of her dedication and service as 8 a Literacy Tutor with the Reading Link Adult Literacy Program 9 at Kaskaskia College in Centralia; and be it further 10 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 11 presented to Dorothy Hawn as an expression of our esteem.