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| To designate a week in July 2014 as Independent | 1 |
| Retailers Week. | 2 |
| WHEREAS, The greatness of the United States lies in the | 3 |
| opportunities it provides to the dreamer in all of us; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, Independent retailers, being entrepreneurs who | 5 |
| pursue a dream and assume the risk of business, create jobs, and | 6 |
| keep alive the dream of business ownership; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Many large retailers in the United States began as | 8 |
| independent, family-owned businesses; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, The General Assembly intends to encourage | 10 |
| entrepreneurship in the United States; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, It is fitting to celebrate independent retailers | 12 |
| during the period when the United States celebrates its | 13 |
| independence; now therefore be it | 14 |
| RESOLVED, That Monday, June 30, through Sunday, July 6, in | 15 |
| 2014 is designated Independent Retailers Week"; and be it further | 16 |
| RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives | 17 |
| transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the news | 18 |
| media of Ohio. | 19 |