Senate Resolution 37 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2                        BY  RAGAN
  1  3 A Resolution honoring the city of Riceville on its
  1  4    sesquicentennial.
  1  5    WHEREAS, the city of Riceville is a community of
  1  6 900 friendly people, known as the hub of Northeast
  1  7 Iowa and located on Iowa Highway 9; and
  1  8    WHEREAS, Riceville, located in both Howard and
  1  9 Mitchell Counties, was settled and platted in 1855 by
  1 10 Dennis Rice and his family, and incorporated in 1892;
  1 11 and
  1 12    WHEREAS, Lake Hendricks, a 52=acre man=made lake
  1 13 sited on a 130=acre park in Riceville, provides
  1 14 camping, fishing, and picnicking opportunities for the
  1 15 entire area; and
  1 16    WHEREAS, the James W. Herring Golf Course and
  1 17 Country Club provides a challenging nine=hole golf
  1 18 course for Riceville residents and visitors; and
  1 19    WHEREAS, the Wapsi Great Western Bike Trail,
  1 20 formerly the location of the Chicago Great Western
  1 21 Railroad, runs through the Lake Hendricks park; and
  1 22    WHEREAS, five full=size vaudeville curtains painted
  1 23 as scenery and as advertisements which were used in
  1 24 the turn=of=the=century Brown Opera House in Riceville
  1 25 now hang in the public library; and
  1 26    WHEREAS, famous citizens of Riceville include
  1 27 United States ambassadors John and Larry Dinger,
  1 28 Luther College choral conductor and instructor Weston
  1 29 Noble, author Jane Elliott, inventor Kenneth Mosher,
  1 30 sculptress Isabelle Kimball, editor Beatrice Blackman
  2  1 Gould, athlete Raymond Conger, and tenor Warren
  2  2 Proctor; and
  2  3    WHEREAS, the city of Riceville is celebrating its
  2  4 150th anniversary with a sesquicentennial celebration
  2  5 on August 5 through 7, 2005; NOW THEREFORE,
  2  6    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  2  7 recognizes and extends its congratulations to the city
  2  8 of Riceville on the city's sesquicentennial and
  2  9 invites all Iowans to make a visit to Riceville part
  2 10 of their summer vacations.
  2 11 LSB 3557SS 81
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