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92_HR0267
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to recognize milestone
4 achievements in the lives of the citizens of the State of
5 Illinois; and
6 WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Marisa Colardo
7 Garlich, an ESL Student of "The Reading Link", an adult
8 literacy program of Kaskaskia College, has been selected as
9 one of ten outstanding adult literacy students in Illinois to
10 receive a Spotlight on Achievement Award sponsored by the
11 Illinois Secretary of State's office and the Illinois Press
12 Association; and
13 WHEREAS, The Spotlight on Achievement Award is presented
14 to a literacy or ESL Student who has worked with a volunteer
15 tutor in a State literacy program during the past year; and
16 WHEREAS, Marisa Colardo Garlich is a native of the
17 Philippines who came to Southern Illinois in 1990 with very
18 limited English skills and only a primary education in her
19 native country; she became a student with "The Reading Link"
20 program in 1990 and has been studying diligently for more
21 than ten years to achieve her goal of literacy; and
22 WHEREAS, She has achieved intermediate reading and
23 writing skills, obtained a driver's license, maintains a
24 full-time job, and has become a full-fledged United States
25 citizen; and
26 WHEREAS, Marisa Colardo Garlich is the mother of two
27 boys, and a full-time employee who meets weekly with her
28 tutor to continue her improvement in her reading, writing and
29 math skills so that she can obtain her GED in the future; and
30 WHEREAS, Marisa Colardo Garlich is very energetic and
31 willing to express to other how "The Reading Link" literacy
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1 program has changed her life; therefore, be it
2 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
4 we congratulate Marisa Colardo Garlich on being the recipient
5 of a Spotlight on Achievement Award; and be it further
6 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7 presented to Marisa Colardo Garlich as an expression of our
8 esteem.