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Dads Association honors sophomore scholars with book purchases

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. A group of University of Illinois students has been honored with Dads Association Library Awards. Chosen from among students who have completed their sophomore year, the award winners were among the top three students in their respective colleges or had maintained a 4.0 (out of 4.0) grade-point average.

Among the winners (EDITORS: See list).

The association honored the winners at the Dads Weekend banquet. A book will be purchased in each students name for the UI Library.

The Dads Association comprises fathers of UI students and promotes parent involvement in university activities and fund raising for student programs. Founded in 1922, the association is believed to be the first organization of its kind in the nation.

DADS ASSOCIATION LIBRARY AWARD WINNERS

AURORA Christine Janowiak, 2240 Walcott Road

BARRINGTON Timothy John Tommaso, 506 Lake Shore Drive North

BATAVIA Ellen E. Dombrowski, 380 N. Water St.

BUFFALO GROVE Vamseekrishna Yadlapati, 656 Caren Drive

CARLINVILLE Anna Lobue, 6209 Macgomery Church

CHAMPAIGN Hsin Chiang, 2804 Valley Brook Road; Shwayta Kukreti, 2509 Waterbury Place

CHARLESTON Brett Bartz, 520 Rutland Place

CHICAGO (32) Darek Chlipala, 4445 S. Komensky

(43) Seth Horvath, 9611 S. Leavitt

COUNTRYSIDE Keith Labedz, 9913 W. 58th St.

DALLAS CITY Mark Hoemmen, 2976 N. County Road

DES PLAINES Laura Brazelton, 450 Sandy Lane

DEWEY Dianne Gregory, 588B CR 2400N

EAST PEORIA Jessica L. Deatherage, 121 Ottawa Court

ELK GROVE Eric Anthony Laube, 771 Schooner Lane

FREEPORT Chethana Chandrupatla, 3485 Loras Drive; Amy Marske, 2983 W. Pearl City Road

GENEVA Matthew Meitl, 728 Edison St.

GENOA Kevin Jay Freise, 33431 Pierce Road

GORHAM Sara Christopher, 111 Violet Road

HOMEWOOD Michael Mecozzi, 1350 Hillview Road

IVESDALE Kendra Rasmussen, 407 Fifth St.

LIBERTYVILLE Emily A. Greenfield, 305 Greentree Parkway; Brian McCauley, 1123 W. Golf Road

LINCOLN Amanda Sheley, 1031 N. Kankakee

METAMORA Kenneth Pauli, 711 Holland Road

MORTON Summer Roeschley, 340 S. Minnesota

MOUNT PROSPECT Ioannis Koktzoglou, 1101 Hunt Club Drive

MUNDELEIN Ray Liu, 16 Sherwood Court

NAPERVILLE Majid Afsharzadeh, 2872 Springdale Circle

NEWMAN Tricia Marie Bisby, 2310 E. County Road 800N

PALOS HEIGHTS Karen Jaburek, 12613 S. 73rd Ave.

PARIS Sarah E. Lamb, 411 Ten Broeck St.

ROCKFORD Jennifer Carlson, 6709 Lanterne Drive; Nicholas Zimmerman, 2307 Oxford St.

SHABBONA Megan Wallace, 3615 McGirr Road

ST. CHARLES Paula Morgan, 1206 Prairie St.

URBANA Benjamin Clegg, 2104 S. Lynn St.; Steven Naylor, 1805 Christopher Circle; Adrienne Yasunaga, 904 Brighton Drive

WHEATON Meredith Santarelli, 812 E. Parkway Drive

WOODSTOCK Courtney J. Aavang, 320 Fremont St.

OTHER STATES

MISSOURI, St. Louis Christopher Graesser, 9438 Banyon Trees Court

NEW YORK, Pittsford Jason Badesha, 165 Van Voorhis Road

Westerlo Peter Michael Albrecht, 76 County Rt. 410

NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh Kathryn Matzen, 3401 Wembley Court

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