Town of Milltown, Indiana

TOWN OF MILLTOWN

PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, beginning March 18, 2008, the Town of Milltown, located in the State of Indiana, suffered damages caused by severe flooding of the Blue River;

WHEREAS, members of the Lions Club from the Village of Milltown, located in the State of Wisconsin, viewed the Town of Milltown, Indiana’s flooding on ABC Nightly News and on Good Morning America;

WHEREAS, Lions Club Member, Jeanne Alling initiated contact with Lions Club Member, Robyn Carmen and graciously offered assistance to the Town of Milltown;

WHEREAS, it was decided that “beautification” assistance could be provided to the town by planting various bulbs, seeds, plants and bushes throughout the town;

WHEREAS, the Unity School District students, under the guidance of the FFA students and advisor, participated in fundraising efforts for such project;

WHEREAS, several Unity High School FFA students, along with their advisor, have traveled from Wisconsin to participate in this event;

WHEREAS, several residents and volunteers, under the guidance of the local Lions Club, have partnered together to organize such an event;

WHEREAS, several residents of Milltown, Indiana, in collaboration with the local Lions Clubs, FFA students and local dignitaries have come together today to witness and participate in this extraordinary event;

WHEREAS, it is the wish and intention of the two communities to create and build upon a partnership by establishing a sisterhood of the two communities;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED, that I, Curt Hudson, Town of Milltown Council President, do hereby formally proclaim the Town of Milltown, Indiana and Village of Milltown, Wisconsin official “sister” communities;

BE IT FURTHER PROCLAIMED, as evidenced by the signing of this proclamation, from this date forward, the aforementioned sisterhood will be devoted to fostering and promoting friendship, acts of kindness and natural disaster assistance to each respective community.

Duly signed, declared and proclaimed on behalf of the two communities this 3^rd day of May, 2008.

Town of Milltown, Indiana

Curt Hudson,

Council President, Town of Milltown

Before I read the proclamation proclaiming the two municipalities as Sister Communities, I would like to introduce some individuals who have traveled well over 12 hours to help assist our community:

Please join with me in welcoming and thanking the following students of Jeanne Alling…

David Hraychuck

Jon Peper

Dylan Carpinella

Tiffany Larson

Emily Hoehne

Kaylynn Olson

Brandi Larson

A special thank you needs to be given to Joy Albrecht who was not able to attend this weekend, but worked hard on this project.

Also to be welcomed and thanked is Don Dipprey, the Agriculture teacher from Turtle Lake, WI – whom initially contacted Jeanne Alling regarding our flooding disaster. 

The Village of Milltown, WI Mayor LuAnn White had intended to participate in this weekend’s event, but was not able due to unforeseen issues.

Others that will need to be mentioned and thanked are:

Milltown Wisconsin Lions Club

All Local Lions Club members

Town of Milltown employees - Jim Pevlor, Rob Ragland and Bill Terry

Town Council members - Jeannie Melton and Monty Garrett

Beautification Committee – Kathleen Roggenkamp, Bill Byrd and Marquita Taylor

Marquita Taylor

Jerry Carman

Crawford County FFA students as well as CC Ag teacher Andy Howell

North Harrison FFA students

Milltown Police Department and its Cadet Program

Local photographer Bill Byrd

Munchkin Nursery

Millers Nursery

All businesses that donated food and drinks for the volunteers

As well as all of the great local residents and anyone who may have been left out.

Without all of you and your participation, the project as is would not be possible.

Reading of the Proclamation (each community will receive a framed copy)

Now, as a gesture of the town’s willingness to continue our newly established relationship with the Village of Milltown, Wisconsin it is my duty to read and proclaim the following:

Dedication of the trees

Now, as a part of both communities efforts to pledge their continued support of the Sister Communities program, the Lions Clubs would like to dedicate an Alberta Spruce tree for each community as a symbol of the new partnership that has been established.  Paper weights…one for the Milltown, WI Lions Club and one for Jeanne Alling.

Benediction

Please join as Charlie Crawford, of the Lions Club, receives the Benediction