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(From left to right) Ms. Jennifer Hanna, a native of Wauconda who now lives in the Washington area and is the state’s 2005 Cherry Blossom Princess, read Scripture; the Right Reverend Keith Lynn Ackerman, bishop of the Diocese of Quincy was celebrant; the Rev. Dr. Addie L. Wyatt (seated), president and CEO of the Wyatt Community and Family Life Center and pastor emerita at Vernon Park Church of God, Chicago, was preacher; the Reverend VaCountess Johnson of the Vernon Park Church of God; the Very Reverend Samuel T. Lloyd III, dean of Washington National Cathedral; the Honorable Mark Q. Rhoads, former United States Senator, Cook County, read Scripture. The special service recognizing the people of Illinois at Washington National Cathedral took place on March 6, 2005.