ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ¼Ç mayor honors centennial with proclamation
ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ¼Ç Mayor Donny Grantham on Saturday signed a proclamation Saturday in recognition of ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ¼Ç State College’s year-long centennial celebration, which officially begins during the college’s homecoming Oct. 23.
Grantham proclaimed official recognition to the year of 2011 as ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ¼Ç State College Centennial Year, noting the importance of CSC and higher education to the community, surrounding region state, and overall society. He also noted CSC’s record of service and cooperation with the City of ºÚÁÏ´óʼÇ.
“ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ¼Ç is fortunate to have ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ¼Ç State College,” Grantham said. “I can’t imagine what the city would be like without it.”
ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ¼Ç State College President Janie Park said the college began classes in 1911 as the result of hard work from ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ¼Ç community members. She noted that ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ¼Ç visionaries began working soon after the city’s founding in 1885 to obtain an institution of higher education in their community.
“Community members spent a lot of time making their vision of ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ¼Ç State College become reality,” said CSC President Janie Park. “We value our long-time relationship with the City of ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ¼Ç in making our community and region a better place.”
The proclamation was signed Saturday during a brunch at the college attended by representatives of the college and city government. Three former mayors – Allen Alderman, 1978-1980, Robert Harvey, 1980-1982, and Carl Larsen, 1986-1990 – attended the ceremony.
The signing also was recognized at Elliott Field during halftime of CSC’s football game against the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
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