Full Text of HR0375 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to recognize milestone events in | 4 | | the lives of the citizens of the State; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that the City of | 6 | | Rockford signed a Sister City agreement with Ferentino, Italy, | 7 | | an ancient hill town southeast of Rome, on May 15, 2006; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The tenth anniversary year of this historic event | 9 | | is being celebrated this year with several commemorative | 10 | | activities planned by the Rockford Italian Sister Cities | 11 | | Alliance (RISCA) in conjunction with the Greater Rockford | 12 | | Italian American Association (GRIAA); and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Rockford has a substantial Italian American | 14 | | population that celebrates its ancestral heritage; immigrants | 15 | | to Rockford from Ferentino created the Society of Saint | 16 | | Ambrogio Martyr Mutual Benefit Society (The Saint Ambrogio | 17 | | Club) in 1918 that is still active today; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Efforts to create an Italian Sister City for | 19 | | Rockford began in 2005 through family ties between the | 20 | | DeCastris and Giorgi families in both Rockford and Ferentino | 21 | | and the diligent efforts of many citizens in those cities who |
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| 1 | | recognized and wished to formalize the enduring connections | 2 | | that have been maintained between the people of Rockford and | 3 | | the people of Ferentino for over a century; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, An Italian Sister City Committee was formed in | 5 | | Rockford in 2005 to facilitate the ongoing communication | 6 | | between citizens and officials from Rockford and Ferentino so | 7 | | as to promote and support a Sister City agreement between the | 8 | | two cities; and the Committee is still very active; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, A delegation of nine public officials from | 10 | | Ferentino's City Council and Pro Loco Association visited | 11 | | Rockford for a week in May of 2006 and participated in several | 12 | | official meetings and activities that culminated in the signing | 13 | | of a Sister City Agreement by Mayor Larry Morrissey of Rockford | 14 | | and Mayor Piergianni Fiorletta of Ferentino, Italy at | 15 | | Rockford's City Hall; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Italian Sister City activities have included | 17 | | international exchanges, student pen-pal programs, peace pole | 18 | | installations in Rockford and Ferentino, gift exchanges, | 19 | | creation of the Italian Sister City garden and plaque at | 20 | | Rockford's Keeling-Puri Peace Plaza, participation in the | 21 | | Rockford Sister Cities Advisory Commission, and cultural | 22 | | displays at the Rockford and Ferentino City Halls, Rockford's | 23 | | Festa Italiana, Midway Village Museum, and at the Ethnic |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The 10th anniversary of the Rockford and Ferentino | 3 | | Sister City Agreement has been recognized with proclamations | 4 | | from the City of Rockford and Winnebago County, Illinois; | 5 | | therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 7 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 8 | | congratulate the citizens of Rockford and Ferentino, Italy on | 9 | | the occasion of the 10th anniversary of their Sister City | 10 | | partnership; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the Cities of Rockford and Ferentino, and | 13 | | representatives of the Rockford Italian Sister Cities Alliance | 14 | | and the Greater Rockford Italian American Association as an | 15 | | expression of our esteem and respect.
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