PRINTER'S NO.  746

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

No.

82

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY M. SMITH AND MAHER, FEBRUARY 17, 2011

  

  

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, FEBRUARY 17, 2011  

  

  

  

A RESOLUTION

  

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Honoring the 125th anniversary of Bethel Park.

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WHEREAS, Bethel Park, a home rule municipality in Allegheny

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County, was founded on June 7, 1886, when it was formally known

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as Bethel Township; and

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WHEREAS, Bethel Park was incorporated as a borough on March

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17, 1949; and

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WHEREAS, Bethel Park currently encompasses 11.7 square miles

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of land and contains nine wards governed by nine council members

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and a mayor; and

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WHEREAS, Bethel Park organized its first school district in

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1886, then known as the Bethel Township School District; and

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WHEREAS, The school district's first high school was erected

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in 1908; and

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WHEREAS, The high school now consists of eight buildings on

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an 80-acre campus and is home to the Black Hawks and their

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mascot, which displays the school colors of black, orange and

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white; and

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WHEREAS, Bethel Park's police department was first

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established on April 1, 1941, when only one officer was

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employed; and

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WHEREAS, Bethel Park provided the Pittsburgh area with its

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first drive-in theater, South Park Drive-In, which operated from

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August 27, 1940, until September 1, 1985; and

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WHEREAS, Bethel Park provides community residents with a

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multitude of recreation and leisure programs year-round;

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therefore be it

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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor Bethel Park

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on the 125th anniversary of its founding; and be it further

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RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to

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Bethel Park, 5100 West Library Avenue, Bethel Park, PA 15102.

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