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111 <br /> PROCLAMATION <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Everett and Iwakuni City have shared a <br /> friendship and have participated in cultural exchanges for 41 years <br /> as sister cities; and <br /> WHEREAS, Iwakuni City generously donated a bridge <br /> constructed from the lumber of the famous Kintai Bridge, as well as <br /> the time and skill of four carpenters to install it, to the Everett <br /> Community College Nippon Business Institute's Nishihyama <br /> Japanese Garden; and <br /> WHEREAS, Iwakuni City Mayor Katsusuke Ihara and City <br /> Council Chairman Toshiyuki Kuwabara and a delegation from <br /> Iwakuni City visited the City of Everett in October 2003 for the <br /> dedication of the garden bridge; and <br /> WHEREAS, with the three-year reconstruction of the Kintai <br /> Bridge now complete, on this day Iwakuni City is celebrating and <br /> rededicating this famous landmark. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that I, Ray Stephanson, <br /> Mayor of the City of Everett, do hereby proclaim March 20, 2004, <br /> IWAKUIVI CITY DAY <br /> in the City of Everett in recognition of the many years of our <br /> friendship, in gratitude for their generosity and to celebrate the <br /> reconstruction of the famous Kintai Bridge. <br /> Signed this 10th day of March 2004. <br /> Mayor Ray Stephanson <br />