Senate Resolution 26 PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___ 1 2 BY RAGAN 1 3 A Resolution honoring the City of Mason City on its 1 4 sesquicentennial year. 1 5 WHEREAS, the City of Mason City, first settled in 1 6 1853, is celebrating its 150th anniversary; and 1 7 WHEREAS, Mason City is the hometown of Meredith 1 8 Willson, composer of the Broadway musical "The Music 1 9 Man", and of his older sister Dixie Willson, writer 1 10 and poet, is the home of the Music Man Square, and is 1 11 the host of the annual North Iowa Band Festival; and 1 12 WHEREAS, Mason City is the home to one of the most 1 13 famous Prairie School residential developments 1 14 featuring three Frank Lloyd Wright structures 1 15 including the Park Inn Hotel, the last remaining hotel 1 16 designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in the world; and 1 17 WHEREAS, Mason City is the home of the Charles H. 1 18 MacNider Art Museum which holds one of the finest 1 19 American Art collections in the country, and the Mason 1 20 City Public Library, one of the most beautiful 1 21 libraries in the country, and is the hometown of Bil 1 22 Baird, the master puppeteer; and 1 23 WHEREAS, Mason City is the birthplace of Hanford 1 24 MacNider, a businessman and philanthropist who served 1 25 as assistant secretary of war, minister to Canada, and 1 26 is Iowa's most decorated soldier; and 1 27 WHEREAS, for almost 100 years, Mason City has been 1 28 a regional center for the production of cement, 1 29 employing local workers in a variety of locally, 1 30 nationally, and internationally owned businesses; and 2 1 WHEREAS, Mason City continues to contribute to the 2 2 culture, well=being, and prosperity of Iowa, the 2 3 nation, and the world; NOW THEREFORE, 2 4 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate 2 5 recognizes and extends its congratulations to the City 2 6 of Mason City on its sesquicentennial anniversary year 2 7 and for its 150 years of service to its citizens and 2 8 to the State of Iowa; and 2 9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, an 2 10 official copy of this Resolution be prepared and 2 11 presented to the Honorable Jean Marinos, Mayor of 2 12 Mason City. 2 13 LSB 3181SS 80 2 14 kk/pj/5.1