Girl Scouts, Miss Santee, Relay for Life and More Honored at Council Meeting

Girl Scouts, Santee softball champions, City employees, Relay for Life and the whole Miss Santee crew all received various honors at the Wednesday night Santee City Council Meeting (pictures of all honorees can be seen in the media box).

The first proclamation was presented to City of Santee Public Services Manager Bob Stein, who was representing the City's public workers for National Public Works Week, May 15-21, 2011.

Next up, a proclamtion was presented to Dawn Gibbs, the Chair of the Santee fundraiser, naming May 14-15, 2011 as Days in Santee.

The Girl Scouts came up next, and received a proclamation for "3-G Girls Go Green Day" (Girls Scouts Earth Day event), May 6, 2011. Mayor Randy Voepel told the crowd how the girls had met with him in his office to discuss environmental issues, specifically eliminating plastic grocery bags from Santee. Voepel told the girls he doesn’t quite buy into the "green" stuff, especially when it impacts the poor in the city, as eliminating plastic grocery bags might do. The Girl Scouts decided not to argue with him while receiving their proclamation. Though the Mayor may not entirely agree with the premise, he said he supports their event, handing out reusable grocery bags at stores around town.

The , a City softball game between and at a couple weeks ago was recognized on Wednesday. Representatives of the winning team, West Hills, were officially presented with the new City Championship trophy.

Finally, Miss Santee and Miss Teen Santee 2011 were officially presented and the previous pageant winners were recognized for their service during the year. Miss Santee runners up and the young members of the Princess Program were all in attendance, looking their best.

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