Bill Text: OR SCR18 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Aurora Colony Historical Society.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-21 - Filed With Secretary of State. [SCR18 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SCR18-Enrolled.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

                            Enrolled

                 Senate Concurrent Resolution 18

Sponsored by Senators HANSELL, GIROD; Representative GILLIAM

  Whereas the Aurora Colony was founded as a Christian communal
society in 1856 by German and Swiss immigrants and
first-generation Americans; and
  Whereas Aurora was named after the daughter of the Aurora
Colony's founder, Wilhelm Keil; and
  Whereas the Aurora Colony flourished in the north Willamette
Valley from 1856 to 1883; and
  Whereas in the mid-20th century, some descendants of the
members of the Aurora Colony recognized that without a concerted
effort, the history and heritage of the unique Aurora Colony
community would be lost or unappreciated by future generations of
Oregonians; and
  Whereas in 1963, these descendants and other interested
individuals formed the Aurora Colony Historical Society; and
  Whereas in the last 50 years the Aurora Colony Historical
Society has worked to promote interactive lifelong learning by
inspiring curiosity about the heritage of the Aurora Colony
through management of the Old Aurora Colony Museum and supporting
historical research efforts regarding the Aurora Colony and the
north Willamette Valley; and
  Whereas the Aurora Colony Historical Society is celebrating its
50th anniversary in 2013; now, therefore,

Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:

  That we, the members of the Seventy-seventh Legislative
Assembly, recognize the 50th anniversary of the Aurora Colony
Historical Society.
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                                 Adopted by Senate June 11, 2013

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                                   Robert Taylor, Secretary of
                                             Senate

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                                  Peter Courtney, President of
                                             Senate

                                 Adopted by House June 20, 2013

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                                  Tina Kotek, Speaker of House

Enrolled Senate Concurrent Resolution 18 (SCR 18-INTRO)    Page 1