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Sparks council issues proclamations for Citizenship Day, Hispanic Heritage Month, FTD Awareness Month and 'Accentuate the Positive' day
Summary
At the Sept. 8 meeting the council proclaimed Sept. 17 as Citizenship Day, Sept. 15–Oct. 15 as Hispanic Heritage Month, declared FTD awareness month for September 2025 and proclaimed Sept. 15 as Accentuate the Positive day; community representatives spoke in support of the proclamations.
The Sparks City Council on Sept. 8 read and approved several community proclamations recognizing citizenship, Hispanic heritage, frontotemporal degeneration awareness, and a locally organized “Accentuate the Positive” day.
The council proclaimed Sept. 17, 2025, as Citizenship Day in Sparks and invited newly naturalized resident Jose Espana Jimenez to speak. Espana Jimenez told the council he became a U.S. citizen on Aug. 22, 2025, described the challenges his immigrant parents faced and said his goal is to promote unity and…
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