Session 2000
Effective: March 15, 2000
SENATE RESOLUTION No. 1821
A Resolution congratulating and commending the Quivira Council, Boy Scouts of America.
� � � WHEREAS,� Americans are recycling nearly two-thirds of the alumi-
num cans produced; and

� � � WHEREAS,� The Mohawk District of the Quivira Council, Boy Scouts
of America, and their leaders are doing their part by encouraging alu-
minum can recycling through the Great Aluminum Can RoundUp; and

� � � WHEREAS,� During the 1999 Great Aluminum Can RoundUp, the
Mohawk District of the Quivira Council, Boy Scouts of America, collected
58,856 pounds of aluminum cans, consisting of well over 2,000,000 cans,
whereby the Quivira Council was the top boy scout council recycler in
the nation out of nearly 350 competing councils. Bret K. Willems of Troop
306 of Hutchinson was named the champion individual collector with 412
pounds of aluminum cans. Cans were collected on a weekly schedule from
local businesses. On the main turn-in day, vehicles were lined up for more
than five blocks and some waited two hours to turn in their aluminum
cans at the receiving business, Midwest Iron & Metal, Inc. The proceeds
from the sale of the cans will be used to send Kansas youths to summer
camp; and

� � � WHEREAS,� The Can Manufacturers Institute will be recognizing the
accomplishments of the Quivira Council, Boy Scouts of America, the Mo-
hawk District thereof, the Hutchinson Community and the state of Kan-
sas at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Kansas
Recyclers Association Conference to be held at 6:30 p.m. on March 22,
2000, at Bethany College's Pihlblad Memorial Union in Lindsborg: Now,
therefore,

� � � Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Kansas:�That we congrat-
ulate and commend the Quivira Council, Boy Scouts of America; the
Mohawk District of the Quivira Council; Bret K. Willems of Boy Scout
Troop 306, Hutchinson, and the entire Hutchinson community in im-
proving our environment and providing nearly 30 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. 1821 was sponsored by Senator Dave Kerr.