Longtime VWU Board member and graduate Gary Bonnewell '79, left, President of Norfolk Sister City Association, led the "60 Years of Partnership" celebration at the Norfolk Botanical Garden this morning. The program recognized the sister city partnership between Kitakyushu and Norfolk which was established in 1959. Pictured with Gary and Norfolk Mayor Kenneth Cooper Alexander at the tree-planting celebration in the Japanese Garden and Kitakyushu Sakura Harmony.