ADOPTED - JUNE 26, 2001

Agenda Item No. 6

Introduced by the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION HONORING BRAD PULVER

RESOLUTION #01-198

WHEREAS, Brad Pulver will be a senior at Mason High School; and

WHEREAS, Brad is very active in his youth group at the Mason United Methodist Church and is a guitarist in a local band; and

WHEREAS, during his career in scouting, Brad has attended three of the Boy Scouts of America's national high adventure bases, Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico, which he attended on two separate occasions, Florida's National Sea Base and Minnesota's Canoe Base; and

WHEREAS, this summer, he will attend a National Jamboree in Virginia with a council contingent, where he will serve in an adult leader capacity as Assistant Scoutmaster; and

WHEREAS, Brad is a member of the Order of the Arrow and has earned many awards including World Conservation, 50 mile, and Scouting Family of the Year; and

WHEREAS, as a member of the Boy Scouts of America Troop 141, chartered by St. James Church, Brad has recently earned the highest rank attainable in scouting, the Eagle Scout; and

WHEREAS, to achieve the Eagle rank, a scout must demonstrate leadership and citizenship while earning 21 merit badges before reaching the age of 18.

WHEREAS, Brad completed a service project at the Ingham County Fair which consisted of refurbishing and converting a semi-trailer into a storage unit for equine equipment and landscaping the area surrounding it; and

WHEREAS, under his supervision, 31 people participated in the completion of this project which involved 180 hours of work.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners congratulate Brad Pulver for earning the rank of Eagle Scout and extend its sincere appreciation to Brad for serving as a positive role model for the youth in our community.

SS\ Celentino, Czarnecki, Dedden, De Leon, Grebner, Hertel, Krause, Lynch, Minter, Schafer, Severino, Stid and Swope