SCR 17-GIRL SCOUTS 100TH ANNIVERSARY                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
9:40:44 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
VICE CHAIR KELLER  announced that the next order  of business was                                                               
CS FOR SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION  NO. 17(STA), Celebrating the                                                               
100th  anniversary of  the Girl  Scouts of  the United  States of                                                               
America and proclaiming 2012 as the Year of the Girl.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
9:40:56 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  BETTYE  DAVIS,  Alaska State  Legislature,  as  sponsor,                                                               
introduced SCR 17.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
9:41:29 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
KATYA  WASSILLIE,  Intern,  Senator Bettye  Davis,  Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature,  presented  SCR  17  on  behalf  of  Senator  Davis,                                                               
sponsor.  She stated that The  Girl Scouts of America was founded                                                               
by Juliet Gordon Lowe in 1912  and currently has 2.3 million girl                                                               
members and  890,000 adult  volunteer members.   She  noted there                                                               
are  50 million  Girl Scout  alumni in  the U.S.   She  named the                                                               
following  skills learned  by Girl  Scouts:   a  strong sense  of                                                               
self,  positive values,  practical and  healthful life  skills, a                                                               
drive for  facing and overcoming  challenges, and the  ability to                                                               
think   critically  and   examine  different   viewpoints  in   a                                                               
situation.   These developments  are carried  over to  many other                                                               
aspects of  life.   She related that  10 out of  17 women  in the                                                               
U.S.  Senate,  45   out  of  75  women  in  the   U.S.  House  of                                                               
Representatives,  and 53  percent of  all female  business owners                                                               
were once Girl  Scouts.  She said SCR 17  recognizes the positive                                                               
impact  that The  Girl  Scouts  of America  has  made on  society                                                               
throughout the  past 100 years and  commemorates the organization                                                               
by declaring 2012 to be "the Year of the Girl".                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
9:43:24 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRUENBERG related  that his  mother and  his wife                                                               
were both Girl Scouts, and he  stated his support of the proposed                                                               
resolution.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
9:43:50 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  SEATON  related  that  his wife  is  the  service                                                               
manager for the Southern Kenai  Peninsula Girl Scouts of America,                                                               
and he  indicated [he and his  wife] have been involved  with the                                                               
organization for  over 30  years.   He expressed  appreciation of                                                               
the   proposed  concurrent   resolution  and   he  welcomed   the                                                               
opportunity to  look for  further ways to  honor the  Girl Scouts                                                               
for the services they perform for Alaska.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
9:44:22 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
VICE CHAIR KELLER  spoke of "information that  is floating around                                                               
on the Internet"  regarding a connection between  the Girl Scouts                                                               
of America and  Planned Parenthood.  He asked the  sponsor if she                                                               
would like to make a statement in response.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR DAVIS said  she is not aware of a  connection between the                                                               
Girl Scouts and  Planned Parenthood, and said the issue  is not a                                                               
part of  the proposed legislation;  therefore, she said  she does                                                               
not have a response to Vice Chair Keller's statement.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
VICE CHAIR KELLER said he wants  to look into the matter further,                                                               
which is  part of  the reason  that he will  not yet  entertain a                                                               
motion to move the bill out of committee.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  DAVIS requested  that  Vice Chair  Keller  give her  the                                                               
information to  which he  referred, because  she is  not familiar                                                               
with it.   She further stated that that concern  should have been                                                               
shared with her prior to her  coming before the committee for the                                                               
hearing on SCR 17.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
9:46:00 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  PETERSEN  said  he  thinks  the  Girl  Scouts  of                                                               
America  has a  great history  and is  a good  organization.   He                                                               
commented that he  recently saw many Girl Scouts in  the halls of                                                               
the capitol  delivering cookies.   He stated  his support  of SCR                                                               
17.                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
VICE CHAIR KELLER announced that SCR 17 was held over.