House Resolution 26 PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. __ 1 2 BY BOGGESS 1 3 (COMPANION TO LSB 2661SS BY HOUSER) 1 4 A Resolution honoring the City of Clarinda on its 1 5 sesquicentennial year. 1 6 WHEREAS, the City of Clarinda, first platted in 1 7 1853, is celebrating its 150th anniversary; and 1 8 WHEREAS, Clarinda is the birthplace of big band 1 9 leader Glenn Miller, actor Billy Aaron Brown, and 1 10 actress Marvel Marilyn Maxwell, and is the boyhood 1 11 hometown of television personality Johnny Carson and 1 12 former U.S. Congressman William Hepburn; and 1 13 WHEREAS, Clarinda is the home to the Clarinda A's 1 14 collegiate baseball organization, the Nodaway Valley 1 15 Historical Museum, and is the birthplace of the 4=H 1 16 International Movement; and 1 17 WHEREAS, the economic development in Clarinda is 1 18 based in such dynamic and long=standing businesses as 1 19 the Lisle Corporation, NSK & NSK/AKS, the Clarinda 1 20 Treatment Complex, the Clarinda Academy, H & H Cargo, 1 21 Weil's Clothing, Taylor Pharmacy, and Easter's True 1 22 Value; and 1 23 WHEREAS, Clarinda is committed to its future and 1 24 its youth through the Clarinda Community School 1 25 District, the Clarinda Lutheran School, Iowa Western 1 26 Community College, the Clarinda Lied Recreation 1 27 Center, and the Clarinda Conservation Service; and 1 28 WHEREAS, Clarinda will celebrate its 150th 1 29 anniversary during a three=day festival, August 29=31, 1 30 2003, featuring an all=class reunion, parade, pancake 2 1 feed, tractor show, and quilt show; NOW THEREFORE, 2 2 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 2 3 That the House of Representatives recognize and extend 2 4 its congratulations to the City of Clarinda on its 2 5 sesquicentennial anniversary year and for its 150 2 6 years of service to its citizens and to the State of 2 7 Iowa. 2 8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That an official copy of 2 9 this Resolution be prepared and presented to the 2 10 Honorable Frank Snyder, Mayor of the City of Clarinda. 2 11 LSB 2661HH 80 2 12 kk/cl/14