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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Mira Dedhia of Western
4Springs on finishing 3rd in the 2017 National Spelling Bee; and
 
5    WHEREAS, The National Spelling Bee began with 291
6participants; Mira Dedhia was one of 40 to advance to the final
7round; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Mira Dedhia set out with a goal of making it to
9the finals and being on ESPN; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Mira Dedhia is an 8th grader at McClure Junior
11High School in Western Springs; this is the second consecutive
12year that she advanced to the national competition; 2017 was
13the 5th consecutive year in which someone from Western Springs
14advanced to the national competition; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Mira Dedhia's mother, Lekshmi Nair, competed in
16the National Spelling Bee from 1988 through 1990; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Mira Dedhia received a cash prize of $20,000 for
18her 3rd place finish; therefore, be it
 
19    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE

 

 

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1HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
2congratulate Mira Dedhia on finishing 3rd in the 2017 National
3Spelling Bee, and we wish her many more successful years; and
4be it further
 
5    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6presented to Mira Dedhia as a symbol of our respect and esteem.