HR1161 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to congratulate Jake Stroth of Lincolnshire for receiving the coveted title of Eagle Scout; and

WHEREAS, Jake Stroth is an 18-year-old senior at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire; and

WHEREAS, Jake Stroth is active in numerous programs at his school; he is active with his school's football team, having earned varsity letters for football during his junior and senior years; he participates in the Interactive Gamers Club and the Anime Club, having served as leader of the Anime Club in his senior year; he also participated in the Stevenson "World's Fair", a festival to celebrate cultural diversity, and Co-Curricular Night, an evening to recruit incoming freshmen to extracurricular activities on campus; and

WHEREAS, Jake Stroth was named a 2010 Illinois State Scholar by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission; he also won the IHSA Scholastic Achievement Award for "outstanding academic achievement by an individual while participating in IHSA Interscholastic Activities"; and

WHEREAS, Jake Stroth has earned numerous merit badges for his work in the Scouts, including the Eagle-required badges of Camping, Citizenship in the Community, Citizenship in the Nation, Citizenship in the World, Communications, Emergency Prepareness, Environmental Science, First Aid, Swimming, Personal Management, Personal Fitness, Family Life, and Lifesaving; and

WHEREAS, Jake Stroth's volunteer activities centered on Scouting, including his work with his troop's PADS activities, which helps provide emergency shelter to homeless men; and

WHEREAS, Jake Stroth took a leadership role and coordinated his troop's PADS program for the 2008-2009 school year; he remains committed to community service and has volunteered on many of his troop's Eagle projects; and

WHEREAS, Jake Stroth's Eagle Scout project took place in the Village of Lincolnshire, where he helped restore a wetlands in the Old Mill Addition of the Florsheim Nature Preserve; for his project, he led volunteers in improving a section of trail and building a boardwalk that was installed over seasonal wetlands, allowing visitors and conservation workers to travel through the area without disrupting the flow of water vital to the ecosystem; and

WHEREAS, Jake Stroth lives with his mother, Adriana Rayneri, his father, Steve Stroth, and his younger brother, Luke Stroth; he plans to attend college next year to explore his dual interests in history and engineering; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Jake Stroth for receiving the coveted title of Eagle Scout and wish him continued success and happiness in the future; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Jake Stroth as a symbol of our respect and esteem.