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It is my honor to present the proclamation
the ceiling for our sister city friends

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from pen of art and I will read it now
where as tonight we recognize and welcome

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our friends from Panama or Germany joining
us this evening and throughout the week

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to help celebrate wrapped up in a
park sister city sixtieth anniversary

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a relationship that began on October
thirteenth one nine hundred fifty seven

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whereas the sister city program began
in one thousand fifty six after the

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devastation of World War two when President
Dwight David Eisenhower proposed

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a people to people so this in diplomacy
initiative for individual cities counties

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and states to link up with the citizens
of other countries in an effort to bring

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out citizen diplomacy whereas the mission
of Sister Cities is to promote peace

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through mutual respect understanding and
cooperation one individual one community

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at

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a time and create opportunities for Sister
Cities to learn from each other in areas

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of business economic development education
social youth and cultural projects or

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exchanges and government administration
where as is stated in the original city of

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raffle resolution the wrapped up in

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a burka Alliance was formed for the
purpose of establishing friendly and

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informative relations based upon the
determination of people of goodwill to meet in

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common exploration of new bonds to
international understanding now therefore the

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mayor and council of the city of Rockville
do hereby welcome our friends from

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Penenberg who have helped to keep this
is to city relationship strong for sixty

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years and we urge the community to join
Rock Hill sixtieth anniversary celebrations

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this week. It's been moved and seconded all
those in favor please raise your hand.

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Right.

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Yes I do.

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Thank you.

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As president of the Rockwell sister city
corporation it gives me great pleasure to

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welcome our honored guests from Rockville
sister city penumbra Germany Margaret

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Ziegler as head of the delegation thank
you and all Penenberg delegates for your

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efforts getting here and let me tell you
the traffic today it was something. And

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for working with the city of Rockville and
the Rockville sister city corporation to

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make your visit

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a reality as you and many in these chambers
know more than two years of planning

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and hard work on both sides of the Atlantic
have gone into our mutual sixtieth

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anniversary exchanges just four months ago

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a delegation of twenty eight including
their Newton council member Feinberg and

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council member Purcell A visited Penenberg
and received the warmest of welcomes now

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its rock fills time to return the hospitality
as we continue to strengthen our

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sixty year relationship of friendship and
mutual respect many exciting activities

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have been planned for the Penenberg delegation
as well as Tim Berg's Indian summer

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tour group which is scheduled to arrive
this Thursday that group of forty seven

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includes bene Berg's mare with the
Steinberg in addition to several in

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a burger city council members in
a happy coincidence the total

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a total of sixty Penenberg us will be here
in Rockville this week to celebrate our

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sixty years as Sister Cities the
mazing. The celebrations even

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include an opportunity for all Rockville
citizens to meet our sixty Penenberg guest

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on Saturday October seventh from
noon to six at Rocktober fast

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a large public event hosted by the city of
Rockville in Rockville town square which

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will feature

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a beer garden German theme foods beverages
music stages and lots of fun activities

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of course six the sixtieth anniversary
events in Rockville would have not have been

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possible without the hard work and commitment
of Iraq those elected leaders thank

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you city staff thank you and
our host families and thank

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you thank you. The Rock Little Sister
City directors and our general

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membership if all the host families Rockall
sister city directors and members could

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you please stand to be recognized now. I.

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Want to. Thank you all right and also I
would like to recognize Jim McConkey who

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served as Rockville sister city president
from two thousand and nine to two

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thousand and twelve Jim There you are.

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Thanks Joe thank you. All right and
is. Not yet you will get the job

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market again thanks to all of the to all
the Penenberg delegation for your visit to

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Rockville and all that make Rockville
the Rockville Penenberg sister city

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relationship and enduring success
thank you again. Thank you. Thank you

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thank you. This is you.

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So now I'm going to read the names of our
delegation from Penenberg if you would

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come forward when I call your
name please Margaret Ziegler.

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a picture. Sure. MARGARET

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. Certificate said. I said.

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I should explain that in each of these is

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a copy of the certificate of appreciation
from the mayor and council and

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a certificate of appreciation from
Rochester City Corporation. The one from

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Americans who want to be Jersey Shore so
ours says and this is for your good in

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recognition of friendship as an honored
guest from Pittsburgh Germany Welcome to

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the celebration of the sixtieth
anniversary of our wrapped up in

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a big sister cities relationship.

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And the one from the rock for Sister
City Corporation or read certificate of

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appreciation this award is presented to
you. In appreciation of your participation

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in the sixtieth anniversary celebrations
of the Rockwell sister city relationship

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between the city of Rockville Maryland
and the City of the number with Germany.

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If you are here we. Are not going
to read everyone next we have

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Dr Klaus spelling and I
know you just arrived.

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And I think you look.

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OK. It's. Good evening I just ran from

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a meeting with Rockville beloved Jenny's
to panic who sends her greetings to pin

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a bargain to all her friends on the mayor
and council we are collaborating on how

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to work on

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a Maryland piece day which we could use in
this world in the state in this country

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. But I am delighted to be
with you all and I bring

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a proclamation from the Senate
of Maryland. So this is

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a Senate Senate of Maryland
citation in honor of Rockville pin

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a Barack sister cities sixtieth anniversary
since one thousand nine hundred fifty

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seven this wonderful partnership between
the cities of Rockville and pinot Berg has

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been mirrored by the meaningful connections
and friendships made between our

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residents to another sixty years of learning
from one another as Sister Cities and

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that is presented today October second
two thousand and seventeen by May Cheryl

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Kagan senator for District seventeen
Rockville and Gaithersburg

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thank.