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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, There are students and teachers that work
3 together within their schools to create a better atmosphere
4 to learn and grow; Anna Santiago, a student at Highland Park
5 High School, and Susie Greenwald, her teacher and coach, are
6 two such individuals; and
7 WHEREAS, Susie Greenwald was the coach and sponsor of the
8 after school program called Future Problem Solving; Anna
9 Santiago was the student leader of the group; the group
10 developed a program entitled "Kick (Cigarette) Butts" that
11 won national recognition after developing a sting operation
12 to expose the underage selling of cigarettes to teenagers;
13 the program helped in the creation of a new law; and
14 WHEREAS, Anna Santiago and Susie Greenwald made two trips
15 to Washington, D.C. to be a part of the growing national
16 campaign against teenage smoking; their first trip in June
17 was for Anna to be recipient of the first annual "Campaign
18 For Tobacco-Free Kids' Advocate of the Year Award"; while in
19 our nation's capitol, the team also attended the opening
20 ceremony for the National Center For Tobacco-Free Kids; and
21 WHEREAS, With the team's second visit in August of 1996,
22 they joined with other anti-smoking advocates to watch
23 President Bill Clinton sign new regulations designed to crack
24 down on teenage smoking by officially classifying nicotine as
25 an addictive drug; Anna sat next to the President as he
26 signed the regulations in the White House Rose Garden; and
27 WHEREAS, Anna Santiago and three other students involved
28 in the project, Laura Braude, Jenni Tier and Danny Goldman
29 traveled to Springfield, Illinois in May of 1996 to be a part
30 of the Illinois Coalition Against Tobacco Rally at the State
31 Capitol; and
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1 WHEREAS, The Highland Park students won first prize with
2 their anti-smoking project at the International Problem
3 Solving Bowl in Providence, Rhode Island; and
4 WHEREAS, As a part of the efforts of Anna, Ms. Greenwald,
5 and the Highland Park group, a strict local ordinance was
6 passed in Highland Park that resulted in tougher penalties
7 for selling to underaged consumers as well as enforcing
8 anti-smoking laws for teenagers by making a teenager caught
9 smoking attend a class on how to stop smoking; therefore, be
10 it
11 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
12 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
13 commend the efforts of Anna Santiago, Susie Greenwald, and
14 the student participants in the Future Problem Solving group
15 at Highland Park High School; and be it further
16 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
17 presented to Anna Santiago and Susie Greenwald of Highland
18 Park High School in Highland Park, Illinois.