Full Text of HR1455 95th General Assembly
HR1455 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Golconda Job Corps Civilian Conservation | 3 |
| Center is part of the Job Corps of the United States Department | 4 |
| of Labor which prepares young adults, ages 16 through 24, for | 5 |
| successful careers through a career training approach which | 6 |
| integrates the teaching of academic, vocational, employability | 7 |
| skills, and social competencies through a combination of | 8 |
| classroom, practical, and vocational learning experiences to | 9 |
| prepare youth for stable, long-term, high-paying jobs or | 10 |
| further education; and
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| WHEREAS, The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a work | 12 |
| relief program for young people from unemployed families, | 13 |
| established in March 1933, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, | 14 |
| that enhanced natural resources, managed forests, and built | 15 |
| parks and public facilities still in use today; and
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| WHEREAS, Golconda was the site of a National Forest | 17 |
| Civilian Conservation Corps camp in 1933; and | 18 |
| WHEREAS, Although the goals of the Golconda CCC Camp and | 19 |
| the Golconda Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center are not | 20 |
| identical, both advanced young people by teaching valuable job | 21 |
| skills; and |
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| WHEREAS, Today the Golconda Job Corps Civilian | 2 |
| Conservation Center enrolls 230 resident students and equips | 3 |
| its graduates to have careers as bricklayers, carpenters, | 4 |
| electricians, painters, or welders, or to work in the fields of | 5 |
| building and apartment maintenance, culinary arts, business, | 6 |
| or urban forestry; and
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| WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that the Golconda Job | 8 |
| Corps Civilian Conservation Center on July 25, 2008, in | 9 |
| conjunction with its graduation ceremony commemorated the 75th | 10 |
| anniversary of the creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps; | 11 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 |
| commend the Golconda Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center on | 15 |
| its service to young adults and salute its commemoration of the | 16 |
| 75th anniversary of the creation of the Civilian Conservation | 17 |
| Corps; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to the Golconda Job Corps Civilian Conservation | 20 |
| Center as an expression of our high esteem.
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