House Resolution 52 PAG LIN 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