Bill Text: IL HR1007 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Honors Henry Eilers and Ken Schaal on receiving the Hillsboro Sertoma Club's Service to Mankind Award.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2012-05-01 - Resolution Adopted [HR1007 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR1007-Introduced.html
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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 honor Henry Eilers and Ken | ||||||
| 4 | Schaal on receiving the Hillsboro Sertoma Club's Service to | ||||||
| 5 | Mankind Award; and
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Both men received the awards on March 22, 2012; | ||||||
| 6 | therefore, be it
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| 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
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| 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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