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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Jake Stroth of
4 Lincolnshire for receiving the coveted title of Eagle Scout;
5 and
 
6     WHEREAS, Jake Stroth is an 18-year-old senior at Adlai E.
7 Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Jake Stroth is active in numerous programs at his
9 school; he is active with his school's football team, having
10 earned varsity letters for football during his junior and
11 senior years; he participates in the Interactive Gamers Club
12 and the Anime Club, having served as leader of the Anime Club
13 in his senior year; he also participated in the Stevenson
14 "World's Fair", a festival to celebrate cultural diversity, and
15 Co-Curricular Night, an evening to recruit incoming freshmen to
16 extracurricular activities on campus; and
 
17     WHEREAS, Jake Stroth was named a 2010 Illinois State
18 Scholar by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission; he also
19 won the IHSA Scholastic Achievement Award for "outstanding
20 academic achievement by an individual while participating in
21 IHSA Interscholastic Activities"; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Jake Stroth has earned numerous merit badges for
2 his work in the Scouts, including the Eagle-required badges of
3 Camping, Citizenship in the Community, Citizenship in the
4 Nation, Citizenship in the World, Communications, Emergency
5 Prepareness, Environmental Science, First Aid, Swimming,
6 Personal Management, Personal Fitness, Family Life, and
7 Lifesaving; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Jake Stroth's volunteer activities centered on
9 Scouting, including his work with his troop's PADS activities,
10 which helps provide emergency shelter to homeless men; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Jake Stroth took a leadership role and coordinated
12 his troop's PADS program for the 2008-2009 school year; he
13 remains committed to community service and has volunteered on
14 many of his troop's Eagle projects; and
 
15     WHEREAS, Jake Stroth's Eagle Scout project took place in
16 the Village of Lincolnshire, where he helped restore a wetlands
17 in the Old Mill Addition of the Florsheim Nature Preserve; for
18 his project, he led volunteers in improving a section of trail
19 and building a boardwalk that was installed over seasonal
20 wetlands, allowing visitors and conservation workers to travel
21 through the area without disrupting the flow of water vital to
22 the ecosystem; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Jake Stroth lives with his mother, Adriana
2 Rayneri, his father, Steve Stroth, and his younger brother,
3 Luke Stroth; he plans to attend college next year to explore
4 his dual interests in history and engineering; therefore, be it
 
5     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
6 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
7 congratulate Jake Stroth for receiving the coveted title of
8 Eagle Scout and wish him continued success and happiness in the
9 future; and be it further
 
10     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11 presented to Jake Stroth as a symbol of our respect and esteem.