HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 95-127-CCBOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Grant County, Washington
RESOLUTION NUMBER 95 -127 -CC
WHEREAS, the Columbia Basin Civilian Conservation Center, located in Moses
Lake, has assisted young people by providing basic education, vocational skills, training,
work experience, counseling, health care, and advanced academic training for the past
thirty years, and
WHEREAS, the Columbia Basin CCC has for the past six years in conjunction with
Sunrise Group Home, a State administered institution for juvenile offenders, provided
basic education, vocational skills, and training, thereby providing a realistic program for
rehabilitation, and
WHEREAS, Job Corps is the oldest public-private partnership program in the
country and has proven its graduates find and maintain gainful employment and are
able to become productive citizens and achieve their economic goals, and
WHEREAS, the Commissioners of Grant County are proud to support Job Corps
which has over the past thirty years trained thousands of young men and women in our
community, and
WHEREAS, as a by-product of this training, Grant County has seen the benefit
from the millions of dollars of public works projects for our residents to use and enjoy
that range from the creation of handicapped access ramps to the construction of a fire
barn for the Grant County Fire Department, and
WHEREAS, the Columbia Basin CCC is respected within our communities for their
unselfish and enthusiastic community involvement,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED, that November 9, 1995 be declared
Columbia Basin Civilian Conservation Center day, and give our thanks to this dedicated
group for all they have done.
Dated October 30,1995
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
GRANT COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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