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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Prairie Ridge High | ||||||
| 4 | School's Advance Design students and their teacher Nick Low on | ||||||
| 5 | their design work and model of the William G. Stratton Lock and | ||||||
| 6 | Dam in McHenry; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Prairie Ridge High School is located in Crystal | ||||||
| 8 | Lake; students at Prairie Ridge are offered electives in the | ||||||
| 9 | area of industrial technologies, where they can enroll in | ||||||
| 10 | courses such as mechanical and architectural design; these | ||||||
| 11 | courses allow students to learn about CAD software, 3D | ||||||
| 12 | printing, and design resources; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, The students enrolled in Nick Low's Advance Design | ||||||
| 14 | courses were able to apply their studies in the classroom to | ||||||
| 15 | real world applications when the Fox River flooded in 2013; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, In April and June of 2013, the Fox River flooded, | ||||||
| 17 | with water levels rising to a level above what the William G. | ||||||
| 18 | Stratton Lock and Dam could handle; the flooding that occurred | ||||||
| 19 | in McHenry County hit Crystal Lake the hardest and caused an | ||||||
| 20 | estimated $73 million in damages to multiple homes, businesses, | ||||||
| 21 | and roads, with the floods effects being felt by everyone in | ||||||
| 22 | the community; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Following the devastating floods, Illinois State | ||||||
| 2 | Representative Barbara Wheeler sought education for homeowners | ||||||
| 3 | about the lock and dam system's purpose and limits; hearing | ||||||
| 4 | great things about Prairie Ridge High School's CAD and | ||||||
| 5 | Engineering Program, she partnered with Nick Low's Advance | ||||||
| 6 | Design students to work on a long term project to produce a | ||||||
| 7 | physical model of the dam and lock using CAD software, 3D | ||||||
| 8 | printing, and all of their knowledge from the past 2 or 3 years | ||||||
| 9 | of engineering-related coursework; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, The model of the Stratton Lock and Dam will help | ||||||
| 11 | the Crystal Lake community and future students of Prairie Ridge | ||||||
| 12 | understand the lock and dam system's function; therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 14 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 15 | we congratulate Prairie Ridge High School's Advance Design | ||||||
| 16 | students and their teacher Nick Low on their modeling of the | ||||||
| 17 | William G. Stratton Lock and Dam and wish them success in their | ||||||
| 18 | future endeavors; and be it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to Prairie Ridge High School and Nick Low.
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