Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 28–Senators Porter, Amodei, Care, Carlton, Coffin, Jacobsen, James, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, O’Connell, O’Donnell, Raggio, Rawson, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Titus, Townsend, Washington and Wiener

 

April 3, 2001

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Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Tiffany, Anderson, Angle, Arberry, Bache, Beers, Berman, Brower, Brown, Buckley, Carpenter, Cegavske, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Dini, Freeman, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, Gustavson, Hettrick, Humke, Koivisto, Lee, Leslie, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, Mortenson, Neighbors, Nolan, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Parks, Parnell, Perkins, Price, Smith, Von Tobel and Williams

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Read and Adopted

 

SUMMARY—Commends Stanley Fuke for his years of service to public schools and public school libraries. (BDR R‑1517)

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

Senate Concurrent RESOLUTION—Commending Stanley Fuke for his years of service to public schools and public school libraries in Clark County.

 

1-1     Whereas, Because the role of school libraries has changed

1-2  dramatically since they first became part of schools in the late 19th century

1-3  and especially since the introduction of technology after World War II, it

1-4  takes someone like Stanley Fuke to face the constant challenge and make

1-5  the commitment necessary to meet the growing needs of school libraries in

1-6  the 21st century; and

1-7     Whereas, Stanley Fuke has been in the field of education for nearly

1-8  four decades as a teacher, school librarian and library administrator and has

1-9  been employed by the Clark County School District since 1976; and

1-10     Whereas, Stanley Fuke graduated from the University of Northern

1-11  Iowa in 1963 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education and

1-12  furthered his education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, from

1-13  which he received a degree as a Master of Education in Curriculum and

1-14  Instruction in 1985; and

2-1     Whereas, An enthusiastic and vocal advocate for public school

2-2  libraries and librarians, Stanley Fuke untiringly seeks extra funds to

2-3  supplement the collections in school libraries and is a leader in the

2-4  promotion of technology for the administration of the libraries and for the

2-5  information resources they contain; and

2-6     Whereas, Stanley Fuke is an active member of professional library

2-7  associations at the local, state and national levels and works continually to

2-8  keep abreast of what is new in the field of library services; and

2-9     Whereas, Over the years, Stanley Fuke has developed an excellent

2-10  working relationship with the public library system and has worked to

2-11  rejuvenate the library science program at the University of Nevada, Las

2-12  Vegas, to ensure that school libraries in Nevada will have well-trained

2-13  librarians to meet the needs of the school districts; and

2-14     Whereas, Publications authored or co-authored by Stanley Fuke

2-15  include the Nevada School Library Standards, the Nevada School Network

2-16  Governance and User Applications and the K-5 Library Curriculum Guide;

2-17  and

2-18     Whereas, In 1997, Stanley Fuke was inducted into the Clark County

2-19  School District’s Excellence in Education Hall of Fame, an honor that

2-20  recognizes persons who have made extraordinary and lasting contributions

2-21  to education in the community; and

2-22     Whereas, Other acknowledgments of the efforts of Stanley Fuke

2-23  include the 1995 James McPhee Memorial Intellectual Freedom Award

2-24  presented by the Clark County School Librarians Association in

2-25  recognition of dedication to the cause of preserving freedom of expression

2-26  and inquiry, and the 1993 Ambassador of Courtesy Award from the Las

2-27  Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and the Las Vegas Chamber of

2-28  Commerce for excellent customer service; now, therefore, be it

2-29     Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly

2-30  Concurring, That the members of the 71st session of the Nevada

2-31  Legislature hereby commend Stanley Fuke for his exceptional

2-32  contributions to the Clark County School District; and be it further

2-33     Resolved, That the child-centered approach of Stanley Fuke in

2-34  working to meet the literacy needs of all students is laudable and serves to

2-35  inspire the residents of the State of Nevada to work with our schools and

2-36  school libraries in every way possible to make them examples of

2-37  excellence in the world of education; and be it further

2-38     Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare and transmit a copy

2-39  of this resolution to Stanley Fuke, Administrative Specialist for Library

2-40  Services in the Clark County School District.

 

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