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I SSP 23 1986 <br />P R,O C L A M A T I 0 N <br />BOOK 65 <br />WHEREAS, GEORGE VAN VOORHEE; attended the initial Master <br />Gardener course in Indian River County in 1983, the purpose of <br />which was to establish a Master Gardener group for the county; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, GEORGE VAN VOORHEES organized a Garden Club of <br />volunteers in July, 1984 at the Village Green Mobile Home Park; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, GEORGE VAN V06RHEES and the volunteers of the <br />Village Green Garden Club have been instrumental in <br />re -landscaping the clubhouse and swimming pool area, the park <br />entrance and roadways have been landscaped with shrubs and <br />flowers; they trim, fertilize and maintain existing trees and <br />palms on a regular basis; and <br />WHEREAS, GEORGE VAN VOORHEES has given several lectures at <br />local Garden Clubs and for homeowner groups; and <br />WHEREAS, GEORGE VAN VOORHEES is a charter member and officer <br />of the Vero Beach Rose Society, and acts as a consultant to <br />neighbors and others on plant and gardening problems; and <br />WHEREAS, GEORGE VAN VOORHEES has lectured and assisted -in <br />the training of new Indian River County Master Gardeners; and <br />WHEREAS, GEORGE VAN VOORHEES serves on a regular basis as <br />Master Gardener on duty in the Indian River County Extension <br />Office each Monday morning; and <br />WHEREAS, GEORGE VAN VOORHEES was honored recently at a <br />statewide Master Gardener Advanced Training Annual Meeting at the <br />University of Florida in Gainesville; and <br />WHEREAS, GEORGE VAN VOORHEES has donated 785 volunteer hours <br />to the Master Gardener program; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSIONERS of Indian River County, Florida that <br />GEORGE VAN VOORHEES <br />be 'commended for his outstanding service to the residents of <br />Indian River County through the Master Gardener program. <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />DON C. SCU OCK, JR. 011AIRMAN <br />10 <br />