ARSCC 3: Signing Ceremony #1
– Ra’anana Welcomes the Mayoral Delegation from Atlanta May 11 – 17, 2001
Pressing city business prevented Mayor Bill Campbell from leading the
twinning delegation – Councilwoman Cleta Winslow, a
strong supporter of sister cities, represented him. Ms. Sheila Jack, Assistant Director of Marketing for the
City of Atlanta, represented the city government. I, of course, represented the new committee. Mrs. Glenda Minkin,
Director of Marketing, helped finance and organize the mission. Mrs. Cocoa Jordan, ASCC Vice Chair, was
to have represented the Commission but withdrew due to illness.
The mission was involved in planning sessions with the Mayor and
municipal government officials, and visited Ra’anana’s public facilities such
as the then new Aviv Senior High School, Ra’anana Park and Amphitheater and the
Lev Ha’Park.
Mixing business with pleasure, the delegation sampled outstanding
Israeli wines at an upscale wine store in the modern and enclosed Ra’anana
Mall.
At the Ra’anana Cultural Center, Cleta
Winslow, Sheila Jack, and Arnold Heller placed wreaths at the Memorial to the
Israeli and Ra’anana war dead.
Picture of Ra’anana and Ahuza Street,
Ra’anana’s main boulevard, in 1925.
Arnold Heller and Sheila Jack during tour of Ra’anana Founders Hall
that depicts Ra’anana’s pioneering settlement background.
Group
photo with Mayor Bielski and Mrs. Jean Judes, Director of Beit Issie Shapiro, an innovative school and therapy center
for special needs people.
Mayor
Bielski welcomes guests to the Signing Ceremony with
the Atlanta Mayoral Delegation.
Cleta Winslow and Mayor Bielski
sign the proclamation binding the two cities.
Mayor Bielski presents Cleta
Winslow with a gift for Mayor Bill Campbell.
Mayor
Bielski presents Arnold Heller with a gift from the
Municipality of Ra’anana.
A very talented group of student performers entertained the audience.
Mayor
Zeev Bielski and lovely wife Caryn celebrate the festivities
with Arnold Heller and Sheila Jack.
Press release for first sister city signing ceremony and twinning
visit.
Group photo taken with Lydia Weitzman, International Affairs
Coordinator, in front of Ra’anana Municipal Center.
Sheila Jack, Cleta Winslow and I spent a day
in Tel Aviv touring before catching our flight back to Atlanta. We were so impressed by
the mural behind us that we asked an Israeli to take a picture of us in
front of it.
Copies of press releases published in Jerusalem Post and Ha’aretz, two national newspapers.
Copy of announcement in American – Israel
Chamber of Commerce Southeast Division newsletter.
Report to the Atlanta – Ra’anana Sister City Committee:
Report to Mrs. Glenda Minkin, Director of
Marketing, and Mrs. Maria Pease, External Affairs Coordinator.
