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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to honor Henry Eilers and Ken
4Schaal on receiving the Hillsboro Sertoma Club's Service to
5Mankind Award; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Henry Eilers, a retired nursery owner from
7Litchfield, and Ken Schaal, a retired teacher from Hillsboro,
8have both been leaders in the work with the Natural Area
9Guardians (NAGS), Shoal Creek Volunteers, and at Bremer
10Sanctuary; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Henry Eilers was born in Germany; he and his wife,
12Ursula, established H&E Nursery in Litchfield in 1960; he
13convinced the city of Litchfield to set aside the Shoal Creek
14Conservation Area, home to over 700 species of plants, 80
15butterflies, and numerous species of mushrooms and birds,
16sometimes including nesting bald eagles; he is also active at
17Bremer Sanctuary in Hillsboro, as well as NAGS, which oversees
18the county-owned rail trail between Hillsboro and Butler and
19the prairie restoration area on Route 66; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Ken Schaal is also active in NAGS and at Bremer
21Sanctuary, and serves on the Illinois Audubon Society's
22sanctuary committee; he taught at Hillsboro High School from

 

 

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11970 until retiring, and, during his tenure, established and
2maintained the nature trail; he also helped organize the first
3recycling efforts in Hillsboro that eventually led to the
4establishment of Montgomery County Recycling; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Both men received the awards on March 22, 2012;
6therefore, be it
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
8NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
9we congratulate Henry Eilers and Ken Schaal on receiving the
10Service to Mankind Award and wish them continued success in the
11future; and be it further
 
12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13presented to Henry Eilers and Ken Schaal as a symbol of our
14respect and esteem.