Senate Resolution 169

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2                       BY  JOHNSON
  1  3 A Resolution honoring the city of Hartley on its
  1  4    quasquicentennial anniversary year.
  1  5    WHEREAS, the city of Hartley will proudly celebrate
  1  6 its 125th anniversary this year; and
  1  7    WHEREAS, the city of Hartley, located in O'Brien
  1  8 County in northwest Iowa, is truly the "city with a
  1  9 heart" and home to former State Representative Ingwer
  1 10 Hansen who served in the Iowa House of Representatives
  1 11 from 1973 to 1982; and
  1 12    WHEREAS, the Hartley=Melvin=Sanborn school district
  1 13 is second to none with an excellent student=to=teacher
  1 14 ratio and a variety of extracurricular activities; and
  1 15    WHEREAS, the city of Hartley proudly owns and
  1 16 operates its own electric, gas, and water utilities,
  1 17 and its own telecommunications system including high=
  1 18 speed internet, cable television, and telephone
  1 19 services and offers some of the lowest utility rates
  1 20 in the state of Iowa; and
  1 21    WHEREAS, a celebration of the quasquicentennial
  1 22 anniversary will be held August 6 and 7, 2004, and
  1 23 will include a street dance featuring the band "The
  1 24 Rumbles", a parade, fireworks, cemetery walk, and the
  1 25 city's first all=school reunion; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 26    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  1 27 recognizes and extends its congratulations to the city
  1 28 of Hartley on the city's quasquicentennial year and
  1 29 for its 125 years of service to its citizens and to
  1 30 the State of Iowa.
  2  1    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That upon adoption, the
  2  2 Secretary of the Senate shall prepare an official copy
  2  3 of this Resolution for presentation to the city of
  2  4 Hartley.
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