Full Text of HR0349 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Scottlynn Ballard, a | 4 | | junior at Edwardsville High School, on winning the Illinois | 5 | | Poetry Out Loud competition and being named runner-up of the | 6 | | Poetry Out Loud National competition in Washington, D.C. on May | 7 | | 1, 2019; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Poetry Out Loud, a partnership of the National | 9 | | Endowment for the Arts, the Poetry Foundation, and the state | 10 | | arts agencies, is in its 14th year; students select, memorize, | 11 | | and recite poems from an anthology of more than 1,000 classic | 12 | | and contemporary poems; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Scottlynn Ballard's journey through the Poetry | 14 | | Out Loud competition began earlier this year at Edwardsville | 15 | | High School, where she won the school competition; she then | 16 | | progressed to the Illinois state competition, where she was | 17 | | named the winner; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Scottlynn Ballard continued through the | 19 | | competition as she traveled to Washington, D.C. on April 30 and | 20 | | competed against 52 representatives from other states; during | 21 | | the semi-final rounds on April 30, she was selected as one of | 22 | | the nine students to move on to compete in the semi-final and |
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| 1 | | final competition on May 1, 2019; after being named one of the | 2 | | top three finalists from the semi-final round, she performed | 3 | | one last time and recited "Worth" by Marilyn Nelson, | 4 | | "Self-Help" by Michael Ryan, and "Ode" by Arthur O'Shaughnessy; | 5 | | she was named runner-up after advancing through a field of more | 6 | | than 275,000 participants nationwide; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 8 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 9 | | we congratulate Scottlynn Ballard on winning the Illinois | 10 | | Poetry Out Loud competition and being named runner-up of the | 11 | | Poetry Out Loud National competition, and we wish her success | 12 | | in her future endeavors; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to Scottlynn Ballard as an expression of our esteem | 15 | | and respect.
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