House Resolution 52

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2   BY  KUHN, SCHICKEL, QUIRK, UPMEYER, MERTZ, RAYHONS,
  1  3                  FREVERT, and STEVENS
  1  4 A Resolution honoring the Nora Springs=Rock Falls
  1  5    High School Peacemakers Program.
  1  6    WHEREAS, six years ago, teacher Layton Zbornik
  1  7 introduced the Peacemakers Program at Nora Springs=
  1  8 Rock Falls High School to encourage and assist
  1  9 students to resolve conflicts through mediation; and
  1 10    WHEREAS, the Peacemakers Program emphasizes
  1 11 conflict mediation, empowerment of students to resolve
  1 12 issues peacefully, and peer tutoring; and
  1 13    WHEREAS, from its origin as a school project at
  1 14 Nora Springs=Rock Falls High School, the Peacemakers
  1 15 Program has spread to neighboring schools in Mason
  1 16 City, Greene, Riceville, Rockford, and St. Ansgar; and
  1 17    WHEREAS, Nora Springs=Rock Falls students have
  1 18 traveled to four other states to provide schools with
  1 19 Peacemakers Program training; and
  1 20    WHEREAS, attendance at the annual Peacemakers
  1 21 seminar has grown from 30 people in its first year to
  1 22 over 800 in 2002, its seventh year; and
  1 23    WHEREAS, on April 29, 2003, the Nora Springs=Rock
  1 24 Falls Peacemakers will host Seminar 8, a regional
  1 25 conference on conflict resolution featuring folk=rock
  1 26 singer Barry McGuire; and
  1 27    WHEREAS, it is especially important to recognize
  1 28 students who are cultivating the skills of peaceful
  1 29 conflict mediation; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 30    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2  1 That the Iowa House of Representatives congratulates
  2  2 the Nora Springs=Rock Falls High School Peacemakers
  2  3 for sustaining and nourishing a successful program in
  2  4 their own school and for sharing the Peacemakers
  2  5 Program with other schools; and
  2  6    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon passage of this
  2  7 Resolution, the Chief Clerk of the House of
  2  8 Representatives shall prepare a copy of the enrolled
  2  9 Resolution for presentation to the Nora Springs=Rock
  2 10 Falls High School Peacemakers.
  2 11 LSB 3405HH 80
  2 12 dea/sh/8