HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 09171996 - 96-403 die Board of Supervisors
of Contra Costa County
In the Watter of ftsofution No. 96%403
Declaring Friday,Septem6er27, 1996
Warry,Simoni Day"
in Contra Costa County
1'IAMPg,3S, Marry Gino Simoni was 6orn in the community of Oakfey in Contra Costa County on
JOY 12, 1935;and
101E1UM, while just out of his teens Marry 6egan farming almonds and walnuts in the Oakley
and xnightsen areas of Contra Costa County,and
UNEU,9S, in 1967 through his hardworkanddetermination.Marry was able to purchase
property in the Byron area andcommencedfarming row crops, including tomotoes and his famous sweet corn;
and '
`GO&RE,4S, Marry had 6uift up his farming enterprise such that he was a6fe to sell his sweet corn
under the Simoni 156el for the first time in 1969;and
14,9&1 E,7U, in 1976 Marry formed the successfuCSimoni e�Wasson partnership with his nephew,
.,gnthony-Wasson;and
WMREQS,Marry Simoni was a strong 6eCtever in family values and traditions, marrying his 6ride
Diane in 1965 and raising his children Baul(born in 1967)andXicofe(born in 1969 and
`"&EREA S,.Marry Simoni was 6orn, lived and worked his entire life in East Contra Costa County
until he succum6ed to an untime y death due to cancer on 9Karch 16, 1993.
NOW,, TfEPgTOU, BE IT RE SOL`GEtD that the Board ofSupervisors of the County of
Contra Costa, California, does here6y acknowledge 9Kr.Marry Simoni's Cfelong commitment to farming and
agricuCture in Contra Costa County, andin conjunction with the dedication of agricufturaf*ns in East
County, does here 6y procfaim Friday,September 27, 1996 as "Marry Simoni(Day"in Contra Costa County.
1',SSED by unanimous vote of the Board9Ytem6ers present on this 17th day of Septem6er, 1996.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true andcorrect copy of a resolution enteredon the minutes of the Boardof
Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
144tness my handand the Seal of the Boardof
Supervisors affexedon this 17th day of
September,1966
ML B.A7CWELOX Cferkof the Boardof
Supervisors and o ty-Administra r
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Introduced 6y:
Supenifor Tom 7orlakson, District v