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RECOGNIZING THE STUDENTS FROM THE UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CENTER FOR
THEIR HARD WORK AND PERSERVERANCE AS THEY REMOVED THE OLD
AUDITORIUM SEATING
WHEREAS, the United Technologies Center (UTC), Maine Vocational Region #4, is the
largest Career and Technical region in the state; and
WHEREAS, Thirty-one local communities, including Bangor have a vested interest in the
Center and the support of these communities assures the UTC remains a premier technical high
school; and
WHEREAS, the curriculum at the UTC includes a service learning component; and
WHEREAS, the Basketball Hall of Fame sought volunteers to help disassemble seats at the
Bangor Auditorium to be sold to support the construction and upkeep of the Basketball Hall of
Fame; and
WHEREAS, the UTC supported the Basketball Hall of Fame by providing 19 students, working
two shifts, to help disassemble and move the old wooden seats from the Bangor Auditorium;
and
WHEREAS, the UTC students work on three different days to remove the old seating much
of which was in less than desirable condition due to its age, condition and food accumulation;
and
NOW THEREFORE, I, NELSON E. DURGIN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BANGOR on behalf
of the Bangor City Council and citizens of Bangor do hereby express our gratitude to the
students from the United Technologies Center for their hard work and perseverance as they
removed the old seating from the Bangor Auditorium.
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Given this the 24 day of June, 2013.
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Nelson E. Durgin, Mayor