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22 <br /> <br />TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1997 <br /> <br />by their generosity, help to bring more industry, more jobs, and a better standard of economic <br />living to our area; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Bassett Furniture Industries has made this property available to the Authority <br />for the Authority's use exclusively for public purposes and for the intended purposes of the <br />Authority as established by the City of Martinsvfile; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the gifted property will be providing opportunities for key economic development <br />projects that will result in economic stability, expansion of the tax base and job growth; now, <br />therefore, <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session <br />assembled September 23, 1997, that it does hereby thank and recognize Bassett Furniture <br />Industries for its contribution in supporting economic growth in the City of Martinsv~le and <br />Henry County. <br /> <br />Council next considered adoption of a resolution recognizing those local National Guard <br />troops who recently returned from a peacekeeping mission in Bosnia. Upon motion duly <br />seconded, and by unanimous vote, Council adopted the following resolution, and presented <br />a framed copy to representatives of Detachment I, 246th Field Artillery of the Virginia Army <br />National Guard: <br /> <br /> RESOLUT ION <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Detachment 1,246th Field Artillery of the Virginia Army National Guard was <br />dispatched on January 24, 1997, to support the NATO peacekeeping effort in Bosnia; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the detachment served as part of a stabilization force assisting with enforcement <br />of the Dayton Peace Accords; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the detachment included individuals from the Martinsville area unit of the <br />Virginia Army National Guard; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, members of the Martinsville area unit who were dispatched included: <br /> <br /> SGT Chadwick W. Akers SSG Timothy W. Redden <br /> SSG John D. Braziel 1LT Matthew A. Ritchie <br /> <br /> <br />