RESOLUTION NO. 050688

Welcoming Ambassador Rastislave Kacer to Kansas City and saluting the Sugar Creek Slavic Festival.

WHEREAS, Sugar Creek, Missouri, will host the twentieth annual Slavic Festival on June 10-11, 2005; and

WHEREAS, Slavic heritage will be celebrated with entertainment, Slavic dignitaries and displays focusing on the Slavic forebears of the people of Sugar Creek; and

WHEREAS, included in the celebration will be the Veselica Slovak Folk Ensemble, a dance and music performance group from Chicago, and Don Lipovac, a member of the Polka Hall of Fame; and

WHEREAS, special guests to the festival include Rastislav Kacer, Slovak Ambassador to the United States. Ambassador Kacer was appointed in 2003, after serving as State Secretary of Defense of the Slovak Republic and as Director General of the Division of International Organizations and Security Policy at the Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs. much of Ambassador Kacers work has involved working with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); and

WHEREAS, the Sugar Creek Slavic Festival will offer everyone the opportunity to enjoy an important heritage festival replete with entertainment, food, and fun for people of all ages; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

That the Mayor and Council hereby welcome Ambassador Rastislave Kacer to Kansas City and salute the Sugar Creek Slavic Festival; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution be spread upon the Minutes of the Council in testimony thereof and that a copy hereof be presented to Ambassador Rastislav Kacer in recognition by the Mayor and Council for his years of dedicated service to the Slovak Republic.

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