IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION congratulating Ciera Flowers on her receiving the Sponsor's Favorite Award in the Seventh Annual COMBAT/Granddad's Poetry Contest.
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RESOLUTION # 15513, June 6, 2005
INTRODUCED BY Henry C. Rizzo , County Legislator
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WHEREAS, as a Northeast Middle School eighth grader, Ciera Flowers received the Sponsor's Favorite Award at the Seventh Annual COMBAT/Granddad's Poetry Contest; and,
WHEREAS, the COMBAT/Granddad's Poetry Contest encourages middle and high school students to write about assets in their lives that will keep them drug free and requires their poems to include certain key words to describe how their "Adult of the Year" assists them in their struggles; and,
WHEREAS, contest winners were awarded cash prizes donated from local businesses in the amounts of ten to one hundred dollars ($10.00-$100.00), and the two grand prize winners were awarded $1,500.00 scholarships from the University of Missouri-Kansas City; and,
WHEREAS, over four hundred (400) students from twenty-two (22) schools entered a piece of poetry in this year's contest in which the words "asset" or "fortitude" were required to be used; and,
WHEREAS, Ciera's Adult of the Year was her mother, Helen Settles; and,
WHEREAS, in her free time, Ciera volunteers with neighborhood children to help them adapt to a computer-driven environment and spends time with her thirteen (13) year old brother who has Down's Syndrome; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Legislature congratulates Ciera Flowers on receiving the Sponsor's Favorite Award and wishes her well in all her future endeavors.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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