PRINTER'S NO. 1655
No. 298 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY BEYER, MAY 23, 2007
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MAY 23, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing the work and achievements of Ben Gress, founder and
2 president of the Mountainville No. 30 Crime Watch in
3 Allentown, and commending the organization upon the
4 celebration of its 25th anniversary.
5 WHEREAS, The Mountainville No. 30 Crime Watch was organized
6 under the leadership of Ben Gress on June 14, 1982, and works
7 closely with the Allentown Police Department to fight
8 neighborhood crime; and
9 WHEREAS, The crime watch is the largest and one of the most
10 active groups of its kind in the City of Allentown and is
11 located at the foot of South Mountain in south Allentown; and
12 WHEREAS, As the organization's first and only president, Mr.
13 Gress has provided leadership for its 75 dedicated volunteers
14 for each of its 25 years and has initiated the following
15 programs: house watches for funerals and vacations, a child
16 watch, Halloween youth protection, child fingerprinting, senior
17 photoidentifications and nightly patrols; and
18 WHEREAS, Mr. Gress helped to organize 15 additional crime
1 watch programs in Allentown and in Northampton, Berks, Carbon
2 and Schuylkill Counties; and
3 WHEREAS, Mr. Gress received the Governor's Award in 1984 for
4 his initiatives and is the founder and organizer of the Leonard
5 Buck Awards Banquet which is held annually to recognize
6 volunteer achievements in crime watch programs; and
7 WHEREAS, Mountainville No. 30 Crime Watch has been an
8 outstanding and self-sustaining model for citizen involvement in
9 crime prevention; therefore be it
10 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
11 work and achievements of Ben Gress, founder and president of the
12 Mountainville No. 30 Crime Watch in Allentown; and be it further
13 RESOLVED, That Mountainville No. 30 Crime Watch be commended
14 upon the celebration of its 25th anniversary on June 14, 2007.
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