Session 2000
Effective: March 15, 2000
SENATE RESOLUTION No. 1822
A Resolution congratulating and commending the Wheatbelt Girl Scout Council.
� � � WHEREAS,� Americans are recycling nearly two-thirds of the alumi-
num cans produced; and

� � � WHEREAS,� The Wheatbelt Girl Scout Council and their leaders are
doing their part by encouraging aluminum can recycling through the
Great Aluminum Can RoundUp; and

� � � WHEREAS,� During the 1999 Great Aluminum Can RoundUp, the
Wheatbelt Girl Scout Council collected 44,259 pounds of aluminum cans,
with 33,000 pounds being collected by Troop 94 of Hutchinson, to be
the girls champion for the 1999 competition. On pick-up day the girls of
Troop 94 started at 6:00 a.m. to receive cans from a line of vehicles
stretching for nearly four blocks; and

� � � WHEREAS,� The Can Manufacturers Institute will be recognizing the
accomplishments of the Wheatbelt Girl Scout Council and Troop 94,
Hutchinson, the Hutchinson community and the state of Kansas at the
Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Kansas Recy-
clers Association Conference to be held at 6:30 p.m. on March 22, 2000,
at Bethany College's Pihlblad Memorial Union in Lindsborg: Now, there-
fore,

� � � Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Kansas:�That we congrat-
ulate and commend the Wheatbelt Girl Scout Council for improving our
environment and providing over 22 tons of aluminum for recycling; and

� � � Be it further resolved:�That the Secretary of the Senate be directed
to provide five enrolled copies of this resolution to Senator Kerr.

� � � Senate Resolution No. 1822 was sponsored by Senator Dave Kerr.