WHEREAS, Lionel Hampton, one of the world’s greatest jazz musicians, was born 100 years ago; and

        WHEREAS, Lionel Hampton has been honored in Idaho with the naming of both the Lionel Hampton School of Music and the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival at the University of Idaho; and

        WHEREAS, this is the 41st year of the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival; and

        WHEREAS, more that 13,000 students, musicians and jazz fans will attend the festival this year and participate in tributes commemorating the 100th anniversary of Lionel Hampton’s birth;

        NOW, THEREFORE, I, C.L. “BUTCH” OTTER, Governor of the State of Idaho, do hereby proclaim February 18th through 24th, 2008 to be

LIONEL HAMPTON’S 100TH BIRTHDAY WEEK

in Idaho.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho at the Capitol in Boise on this 15th day of February in the year of our Lord two thousand and eight and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred thirty-second and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred eighteenth.

BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE