IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION congratulating Seneca Blount-Goodlow for winning the Jackson County Spelling Bee.
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RESOLUTION # 13191, May 1, 2000
INTRODUCED BY Scott Burnett, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, Seneca Blount-Goodlow, an eighth-grade boy at Northeast Middle School, became the winner of the 25th annual Jackson County Spelling Bee at Ft. Osage High School on March 18, 2000; and,
WHEREAS, it was the word "lepidopterist" which led Seneca to his outstanding victory over 113 other students in the fourth through eighth grades; and,
WHEREAS, as winner, Seneca received a Webster's Third New International Dictionary, the Samuel Louis Sugarman Award, a $100 Series EE Savings Bond from Jay Sugarman, a copy of Corel WordPerfect Office from Corel Corp., and a $50.00 DK.com gift certificate from Dorling Kindersley Publishing; and,
WHEREAS, Seneca will participate in the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., later this year on an all-expense paid trip sponsored by The Examiner; and,
WHEREAS, assisting Seneca in studying for the local Spelling Bee were his parents Mark and Darzetta, brother Robert, and teachers Gail Gorton and Tina Peal; and,
WHEREAS, Seneca is the first African-American ever to win the Jackson County Spelling Bee; and,
WHEREAS, Seneca participates on a community basketball league team called the Milestone Cyclones and is a member of the National Academic League, a group which competes with others schools in a game show-type format with questions in all academic fields; and,
WHEREAS, Seneca is to be highly commended for his personal achievement in striving for excellence; therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Legislature congratulates Seneca Blount-Goodlow for winning the Jackson County Spelling Bee and wishes him well as he travels to Washington, D.C., for the National Spelling Bee.
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