Illinois Shines

Our own Melanie Humphrey-Sonntag was elected to the position of Vice-President of NCRA.

ILCRA Member Jacqueline Timmons was selected as a NCRA Fellow of the Academy of Professional Reporters.

ILCRA Member Kristin Ashenhurst graduated from the NCRA Certified Manager of Reporting Services.

2007 ILCRA Distinguished Service Award

The Distinguished Service Award is presented to a person who has distinguished themselves in one or more ways to the profession of court reporting.  The 2007 DSA recipient is Seymour L. Wolfe.

2007 Award of Excellence to an Outstanding Court Reporting Educator

The outstanding educator to receive the 2007 Award of Excellence is Gina Rubino of the Court Reporting Institute of America (CIA).

2007 ILCRA Student Scholarship Award

The 1st place award in the 2007 ILCRA Diane Dorwart Memorial Student Scholarship contest is Georgia Rollins of Sparks College.

The winner of the computer equipment donated by Thomas Dorwart is Shannon Gajdorus of South Suburban College.

2007 GARY L SONNTAG MEMORIAL SPEED CONTEST RESULTS:

FIRST PLACE WINNER: Melanie H. Sonntag 99.193% overall

SECOND PLACE WINNER: Donna Urlaub 98.994% overall

THIRD PLACE WINNER: Lorie Richmond 98.445% overall

	FIRST PLACE WINNER: Bernice Radavich 97.222%
	SECOND PLACE TIE: LeAnn M. Hibler 97.111%
	SECOND PLACE TIE: Melanie H. Sonntag 97.111%
	THIRD PLACE WINNER: Donna Urlaub 96.888%

2008 NCRA SPEED AND REALTIME CONTESTS

Congratulations to ILCRA Member Melanie Humphrey-Sonntag not only for qualifying in the Speed Contest at the 2008 Convention in Annaheim, but capturing third place overall.

	Literary - 99.429%
	Legal Opinion - 95.043%
	Testimony - 99.429%
	Overall - 97.582%