Full Text of HR1007 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to honor Henry Eilers and Ken | 4 | | Schaal on receiving the Hillsboro Sertoma Club's Service to | 5 | | Mankind Award; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Henry Eilers, a retired nursery owner from | 7 | | Litchfield, and Ken Schaal, a retired teacher from Hillsboro, | 8 | | have both been leaders in the work with the Natural Area | 9 | | Guardians (NAGS), Shoal Creek Volunteers, and at Bremer | 10 | | Sanctuary; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Henry Eilers was born in Germany; he and his wife, | 12 | | Ursula, established H&E Nursery in Litchfield in 1960; he | 13 | | convinced the city of Litchfield to set aside the Shoal Creek | 14 | | Conservation Area, home to over 700 species of plants, 80 | 15 | | butterflies, and numerous species of mushrooms and birds, | 16 | | sometimes including nesting bald eagles; he is also active at | 17 | | Bremer Sanctuary in Hillsboro, as well as NAGS, which oversees | 18 | | the county-owned rail trail between Hillsboro and Butler and | 19 | | the prairie restoration area on Route 66; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Ken Schaal is also active in NAGS and at Bremer | 21 | | Sanctuary, and serves on the Illinois Audubon Society's | 22 | | sanctuary committee; he taught at Hillsboro High School from |
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| 1 | | 1970 until retiring, and, during his tenure, established and | 2 | | maintained the nature trail; he also helped organize the first | 3 | | recycling efforts in Hillsboro that eventually led to the | 4 | | establishment of Montgomery County Recycling; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Both men received the awards on March 22, 2012; | 6 | | therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 9 | | we congratulate Henry Eilers and Ken Schaal on receiving the | 10 | | Service to Mankind Award and wish them continued success in the | 11 | | future; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to Henry Eilers and Ken Schaal as a symbol of our | 14 | | respect and esteem.
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