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PROCLAMATION
WELCOMING EXCHANGE STUDENTS AND CHAPERONES
FROM TSUCHIURA CITY, IBARAKI, JAPAN
WHEREAS, exchange programs between middle schools is the foundation of the
Sister City program, which attempts to promote international and intercultural
understanding amongst our youth; and
WHEREAS, Palo Alto and Tsuchiura City have worked together to involve their
respective middle school students and their families in cultural and educational
exchanges and special programs; and
WHEREAS, the opportunity to host Tsuchiura students here and to send Palo Alto
students to Tsuchiura, Japan has proven to be mutually beneficial; and
WHEREAS, The City of Palo Alto thanks Tsuchiura City for their generosity and
hospitality tended toward young people from Palo Alto for the last 20 years.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, H. Gregory Scharff, Mayor of the City of Palo Alto, on
behalf of the City Council, hereby express our heartfelt welcome and record
congratulations and the best wishes of the City of Palo Alto to Mr. Etsuo Sato, Ms. Itsumi
Kino and 16 students (Rina Tanaka, Atsuko Kuruta, Mizuki Sakai, Kio Shinobu, Aoi
Sano, Aoi, Sawayama, Sayuri Yuhara, Kaito Yanada, Riku Yamamoto, Yusuke Inada,
Masai Komatsuzaki, Kosuke, Nakajima, Yuki Terui, Andrey Bolotov, Yuma Ito and
Masafumi Hanari).
Presented: March 11, 2013
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H. Gregory Scharff
Mayor