Bill Text: IL HR0495 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Mira Dedhia of Western Springs on finishing 3rd in the 2017 National Spelling Bee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-21 - Resolution Adopted [HR0495 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0495-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Mira Dedhia of Western | ||||||
| 4 | Springs on finishing 3rd in the 2017 National Spelling Bee; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The National Spelling Bee began with 291 | ||||||
| 6 | participants; Mira Dedhia was one of 40 to advance to the final | ||||||
| 7 | round; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Mira Dedhia set out with a goal of making it to | ||||||
| 9 | the finals and being on ESPN; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Mira Dedhia is an 8th grader at McClure Junior | ||||||
| 11 | High School in Western Springs; this is the second consecutive | ||||||
| 12 | year that she advanced to the national competition; 2017 was | ||||||
| 13 | the 5th consecutive year in which someone from Western Springs | ||||||
| 14 | advanced to the national competition; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Mira Dedhia's mother, Lekshmi Nair, competed in | ||||||
| 16 | the National Spelling Bee from 1988 through 1990; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Mira Dedhia received a cash prize of $20,000 for | ||||||
| 18 | her 3rd place finish; therefore, be it
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| 19 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
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| 1 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 2 | congratulate Mira Dedhia on finishing 3rd in the 2017 National | ||||||
| 3 | Spelling Bee, and we wish her many more successful years; and | ||||||
| 4 | be it further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 6 | presented to Mira Dedhia as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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