Senate Resolution 48 - Introduced

PAG LIN

                                    S.R. ________ H.R. ________


  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                       BY  JOHNSON
  1  3 A Resolution to recognize the city of Ashton, Iowa,
  1  4    on its quasquicentennial anniversary.
  1  5    WHEREAS, the city of Ashton is located in Osceola
  1  6 County, Iowa, along U.S. Highway 60 with a population
  1  7 of 462; and
  1  8    WHEREAS, Ashton was a railroad town and one of the
  1  9 only water stops for the steam engines, with the water
  1 10 pulled from Otter Creek, and where the water silo and
  1 11 the dam are still located by the active railroad
  1 12 tracks; and
  1 13    WHEREAS, Ashton is very proud of the DeBoer Grocery
  1 14 Museum, the home of much of Ashton's history and
  1 15 artifacts, with the museum building dating back to
  1 16 1882; and
  1 17    WHEREAS, Ashton has many active businesses in town,
  1 18 including Ashton State Bank, three lovely restaurants,
  1 19 Heiman Fire Equipment, Ashton Welding and
  1 20 Manufacturing, Corbett Plumbing, three hair salons,
  1 21 three auto and truck repair shops, a nearby ethanol
  1 22 plant, and United Farmers Cooperative; and
  1 23    WHEREAS, Ashton has always been a religious
  1 24 community as the founding fathers established the
  1 25 Saint Mary's Catholic Church, with Ashton also home to
  1 26 the Ashton Presbyterian Church and the Ashton Bible
  1 27 Church; and
  1 28    WHEREAS, on July 20 through July 22, 2007, Ashton
  1 29 will celebrate its 125th anniversary with a Friday
  1 30 night dance and fireworks display, a Saturday parade,
  2  1 car show, antique tractor show and tractor pulls,
  2  2 quilt show, old fashioned ball game, and children's
  2  3 games and, to close the evening, a dance, a Sunday
  2  4 church service, breakfast put on by the volunteer fire
  2  5 department, and dancing tractors, with RAGBRAI
  2  6 bicyclists passing through and with a time capsule to
  2  7 be buried in the local cemetery; NOW THEREFORE,
  2  8    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  2  9 recognizes and extends its congratulations to the city
  2 10 of Ashton on its 125 years, and invites all Iowans to
  2 11 make a visit to the July celebrations in Ashton a part
  2 12 of their summer plans.
  2 13 LSB 2927SS 82
  2 14 jr:rj/je/5.2