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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
3 State of Illinois wish to congratulate the members of Cub Scout
4 Pack 464 of Minooka for their ongoing efforts to recycle used
5 printer cartridges and cell phones; and
 
6     WHEREAS, For its work, Pack 464 received the Director's
7 Green Youth Award from the Illinois Environmental Protection
8 Agency (IEPA), which was presented by IEPA Director Renee
9 Cipriano and Governor Rod Blagojevich; Director's Green Youth
10 Award winners had to be engaged in projects involving waste
11 reduction; reduction of air, water, or land pollution;
12 restoration or preservation of natural areas; or energy or
13 water efficiency; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Pack 464 Scouts also received "Illinois Recycles
15 for Our Future" patches from the Illinois Department of
16 Commerce and Economic Opportunity; and
 
17     WHEREAS, A ceremony was held to acknowledge the efforts of
18 Cub Scout Pack 464 at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in
19 Chicago on November 15, 2003; at the ceremony, Director
20 Cipriano noted that the winners of the Green Youth Award are
21 setting an example for all people in making recycling a part of
22 everyday life; and
 
23     WHEREAS, Pack 464 began recycling printer cartridges two
24 years ago and later began collecting cell phones; the members
25 have collected over 2,000 printer cartridges and over 300 cell
26 phones since beginning their recycling project two years ago;
27 and
 
28     WHEREAS, The Pack 464 Scouts' commitment to their community
29 and state has brought a greater awareness of recycling and has
30 kept the local environment cleaner; the members of Cub Scout

 

 

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1 Pack 464 include Christopher Aleshire, Norman Anderson, Colin
2 Armstrong, Brett Ayers, Alfonso Bautista, Michael Bernhard,
3 Chad Charland, Clay Charland, Kevin Dalton, Darren Desmarais,
4 John Drakley, Bennett Driver, Matthew Figora, Michael Figora,
5 Josh Flynn, Trevor Furlan, Nicholas Gates, Austin Glover,
6 Connor Graham, Cameron Grimm, Philip Hannon, Kevin Hannon,
7 Maxwell Herigodt, David Hill, Christopher Hoy, Martin Huff,
8 Cody Hutchison, Joseph Jaeger, Ryan Johnson, Connor Maloney,
9 Joseph Martin, Nick Moretti, Glen Nemitz, Tanner Norris,
10 Michael O'Rourke, Gage Perczynski, Liam Polhemus, Ryan
11 Polhemus, Justin Pryor, Christopher Roberts, Cole Rodriguez,
12 Danny Ruettiger, Ryan Senffner, Steven Stadalsky, Paul
13 Stawarz, Mark Stromberg, Aric Theimer, Doyle Thompson,
14 Jonathan Tribo, Jacob Ward, Alex Wielbik, Ryan Woodard, and
15 Jimmy Wooten; therefore, be it
 
16     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
17 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
18 congratulate the members of Cub Scout Pack 464 of Minooka for
19 their ongoing efforts to recycle used printer cartridges and
20 cell phones; and be it further
 
21     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
22 presented to Cub Scout Pack 464 as an expression of our esteem.