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HCR 5: Relating to the twenty-fifth annual Girls' State.

00HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 5 01 Relating to the twenty-fifth annual Girls' State. 02 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 03 WHEREAS the twenty-fifth annual Girls' State will be held June 6 - 13, 1993, at the 04 University of Alaska Fairbanks under the sponsorship of the American Legion Auxiliary and 05 cooperating organizations; and 06 WHEREAS this outstanding annual program of the American Legion Auxiliary ranks 07 high among the efforts of several Alaska organizations to bring to the youth delegates an 08 awareness of their future roles in state and local government; and 09 WHEREAS this week-long youth citizen exercise of Girls' State is made possible by 10 an admirable combination of volunteer service and the free enterprise of generous people and 11 organizations without placing a financial burden on government or on the taxpayer; and 12 WHEREAS it is consistent with these standards for the legislature to encourage state 13 and local legislators and other public officials and agencies to volunteer their services and 14 provide copies of state publications and materials that form an important part of the program;

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