House
Resolution
25
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Introduced
HOUSE
RESOLUTION
NO.
25
BY
DRAKE
,
BERRY
,
MASCHER
,
PETERSEN
,
ARNOLD
,
ANDERSON
,
and
S.
OLSON
A
Resolution
inviting
the
people
of
Yamanashi
1
Prefecture,
Japan,
to
be
the
guests
of
the
State
of
2
Iowa
at
the
rededication
of
the
Japanese
Bell
of
3
Peace
and
Friendship.
4
WHEREAS,
the
people
of
Yamanashi
Prefecture
in
1959
5
suffered
two
devastating
typhoons
that
destroyed
their
6
livestock
industry;
and
7
WHEREAS,
the
people
of
Iowa,
under
the
leadership
of
8
Iowa
native
Master
Sergeant
Richard
Thomas,
the
Iowa
9
Corn
Growers
Association,
the
United
States
Department
10
of
Agriculture,
and
the
United
States
Department
11
of
Defense,
donated
resources,
sending
36
lean
meat
12
breeding
hogs
and
60,000
bushels
of
corn
for
feed
to
13
that
area
of
Japan;
and
14
WHEREAS,
the
people
of
Yamanashi
Prefecture
15
responded
in
kind
during
Iowa’s
flood
disaster
of
1993,
16
when
the
Governor
of
Yamanashi
Prefecture
presented
a
17
generous
gift
of
monetary
assistance
for
flood
relief
18
to
the
farmers
of
Iowa;
and
19
WHEREAS,
the
people
of
Yamanashi
Prefecture
in
1961
20
presented
a
beautiful
bronze
temple
bell
and
bell
21
house
to
the
people
of
Iowa
as
an
expression
of
their
22
gratitude
to
all
Iowans
for
having
reached
out
to
them
23
in
their
time
of
great
need;
and
24
WHEREAS,
the
bell
and
bell
house
were
installed
on
25
the
south
Capitol
grounds
in
Des
Moines,
Iowa,
with
26
great
ceremony
in
recognition
of
the
great
respect,
27
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25
mutual
understanding,
and
friendship
between
these
two
28
states;
and
1
WHEREAS,
having
graced
the
Statehouse
grounds
for
2
half
a
century,
a
major
effort
is
underway
to
restore
3
the
Japanese
bell
site
to
its
original
condition,
aided
4
by
an
Iowa
public/private
fund-raising
effort;
and
5
WHEREAS,
officials
of
Iowa
and
Yamanashi
Prefecture
6
have
expressed
the
wish
to
recognize
the
50th
7
anniversary
of
that
occasion
in
2011
by
rededicating
8
the
bell
and
bell
house
to
that
continuing
friendship
9
and
sister
state
relationship;
NOW
THEREFORE,
10
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
That
11
the
House
of
Representatives
extends
its
invitation
to
12
the
Governor
of
Yamanashi
Prefecture
and
the
Chairman
13
of
the
Yamanashi
Prefectural
Assembly,
to
visit
our
14
Capitol
grounds
during
the
time
of
the
Iowa
State
Fair
15
in
August
2011;
and
16
BE
IT
FURTHER
RESOLVED,
That
the
House
of
17
Representatives
does
hereby
proclaim
the
50th
18
anniversary
of
the
Iowa-Yamanashi
sister
state
19
relationship
and
asks
all
Iowans
to
extend
to
our
20
visitors
every
courtesy
and
accommodation
as
befits
the
21
rededication
of
the
Japanese
temple
bell
and
bell
house
22
as
a
symbol
of
the
bond
of
unfailing
friendship
between
23
our
peoples;
and
24
BE
IT
FURTHER
RESOLVED,
That
the
sound
of
the
bell
25
shall
deepen
the
connection
between
both
peoples
and
26
continue
to
stand
as
a
symbol
of
eternal
peace
between
27
our
countries.
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