House Resolution 132

PAG LIN

  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                       BY  PAULSEN
  1  3 A Resolution honoring the town of Palo and its surrounding
  1  4    community on the town's sesquicentennial year.
  1  5    WHEREAS, Palo is a small Eastern Iowa town first
  1  6 settled by Mr. John Hollenbeck when Iowa was still a
  1  7 territory, and later by Mr. John G. Cole who on June
  1  8 10, 1854, had the site of the present town surveyed on
  1  9 the northeast quarter of section 29, of Fayette
  1 10 Township 84 north, range 8; and
  1 11    WHEREAS, Palo and its surrounding community is the
  1 12 site of a number of businesses and homes, with a
  1 13 thriving religious congregation and a religious
  1 14 tradition which traces its origins to the town's
  1 15 founders and to a church erected in 1870, which
  1 16 continues to stand as a reminder of the town's
  1 17 history; and
  1 18    WHEREAS, the most prominent landmark of Palo and
  1 19 its surrounding community is the Duane Arnold Energy
  1 20 Center, which became operational in 1974, produces
  1 21 approximately 13 percent of the state's electricity,
  1 22 and employs more than 500 hardworking and well=trained
  1 23 people, many of whom live in or near the Palo
  1 24 community; and
  1 25    WHEREAS, another significant feature of Palo and
  1 26 its surrounding community is the 410=acre lake at
  1 27 Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area and 1,517 acres
  1 28 of land around the lake which provides wide=ranging
  1 29 recreational opportunities for outdoor enthusiasts
  1 30 including ice fishing, scuba diving, swimming,
  2  1 camping, picnicking, hiking, horseback riding,
  2  2 hunting, bird=watching, snowmobile riding, and cross=
  2  3 country skiing; and
  2  4    WHEREAS, on June 12, 2004, Palo and its surrounding
  2  5 community will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the
  2  6 town's founding, featuring a variety of entertainment
  2  7 including a parade, garden tractor pull, dance, and
  2  8 fireworks; NOW THEREFORE,
  2  9    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2 10 That the House of Representatives recognizes and
  2 11 extends its congratulations to the town of Palo and
  2 12 its surrounding community on the town's
  2 13 sesquicentennial anniversary year and for its 150
  2 14 years of service to its citizens and to the State of
  2 15 Iowa; and
  2 16    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That an official copy of
  2 17 this Resolution be prepared and presented to Mayor
  2 18 Larry Dauenbaugh, Mr. John Huntington, and Ms. Ruth
  2 19 Kibbie, citizens of the town of Palo and its
  2 20 surrounding community.
  2 21 LSB 5958HH 80
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