00SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 7                                                                                      
01 Relating to the thirty-first annual Boys' State.                                                                        
02 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03  WHEREAS the thirty-first annual Boys' State will be held June 21 - 28, 1997, at                                        
04 Camp Challenge near Palmer under the sponsorship of the American Legion and cooperating                                 
05 organizations; and                                                                                                      
06      WHEREAS this outstanding annual program is dedicated to increasing the delegates'                                  
07 awareness of their future roles in state and local government as well as promoting interest and                         
08 knowledge about the operation of our system of government; and                                                          
09      WHEREAS it is only through an admirable combination of volunteer effort and the                                    
10 enterprising talents of generous individuals who do not receive government or taxpayer                                  
11 monetary support that this week-long youth citizenship exercise known as Boys' State takes                              
12 place; and                                                                                                              
13      WHEREAS the legislature encourages state and local legislators and other public                                    
14 officials and agencies to volunteer their services and to provide copies of state publications                          

01 and materials related to the program;                                                                                   
02      BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature applauds the sponsors of and                                      
03 participants in the thirty-first annual Boys' State program, commends those government                                  
04 officials and agencies and private individuals and organizations who support and participate                            
05 in this exercise in youth citizenship, and promises to continue to provide legislative materials,                       
06 advice, and encouragement to the Boys' State program as it does to similar worthy civic                                 
07 efforts.