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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Nicholas Pruitt of Carlyle has won a 2004 |
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| Governor's Green Youth Award for his Eagle Scout Leadership |
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| Service Project; and
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| WHEREAS, The Governor's Green Youth Awards program is |
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| sponsored by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency; the |
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| program encourages young people to undertake environmental |
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| projects that will make a difference in their communities; and
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| WHEREAS, Nick planned a reforestation and education |
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| project for his Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project; in |
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| addition to planning the project, he had to plan a way to fund |
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| it; he held a "Memory Tree" sale from November 15 to December |
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| 15, 2002, and the trees purchased were planted in memory or |
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| honor of someone; and
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| WHEREAS, The Bond County Soil and Water Conservation |
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| District agreed to sell the trees at a discount, and a total of |
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| 171 trees were sold for $5 and $10; the price included the |
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| tree, fertilizer, a location marker and free planting; and
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| WHEREAS, In April, Nick solicited volunteers from Scout |
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| Troop 225 in Breese to help plant the trees; they were trained |
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| to plant the trees and were given a copy of planting |
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| instructions for reference; a coordinated planting calendar |
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| was made so all the trees would be planted in one week; Nick |
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| and his mother sorted the trees and kept them moist until their |
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| planting date; and
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| WHEREAS, Nick was able to purchase 52 trees and Tree ID |
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| books for schools in Clinton and Bond counties; therefore, be |
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| it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |