SENATE COMMEMORATION   NO. 19

        Introduced by: Senator Duxbury and Representatives Burg and Hargens  

         A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION,  Honoring Amy Schilling, Wessington, South Dakota, the state winner in the Voice of Democracy essay contest.

     WHEREAS,  Amy Schilling is the daughter of Dan and Patty Schilling of Wessington, South Dakota, and is a senior at Wessington High School; and

     WHEREAS,  Amy Schilling is an active student in her school where she participates in basketball, track, and cheerleading and is also a member of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) and the school yearbook staff; and

     WHEREAS,  Amy Schilling was sponsored in the Voice of Democracy essay contest by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3214 and its auxiliary in Miller, South Dakota; and

     WHEREAS,  Amy Schilling has participated in this essay contest for the past three years. She has received first at the local level and went on to district competition for the first two years and now, as the state winner, will represent South Dakota at the national contest, which is to be held in Washington, D.C.:

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED,  by the Seventy-seventh Legislature of the State of South Dakota, that Amy Schilling be congratulated for her outstanding achievement as state winner in the Voice of Democracy essay contest and be wished the best of luck at the national contest.