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~bereas, somewhere in the nation, a residential fire occurs about every
66 seconds resulting in apRfoximately 3,000 deaths, 50,000.
100,000 injuries ancf $3.1 billion damage to homes; and
~bereas, about 88 percent of American homes have smoke detectors,
however, nearly one.third do not work because of worn or missing
batteries; and
gbereas, smoke detector maintenance is one of the simplest, most
effective ways to reduce home fire deaths and injuries, effectively
cutting the risk of dy,ing in a home fire by nearly half 1y providing
an early warning and critical extra seconds to escape; and
~bmas, the designation of a special day to remind residents of Iowa
City to change the batteries in their smoke detectors, times to
coincide with: the fall rimal of changing clock~ woJd greatly
diminish the chance of this tragedy occurring in iowa City; and
gbmas, October 30, 1994, is t4e day Americans change their clocks
from daylight savings time to standard time;
j1}ow, tl)erdore.. I, Susan M. Horowitz, Malor of the Ci1)' of Iowa City,
Iowa, do hereby proclaim the day of October 30, 1994, to be
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Signed in Iowa City, Iowa,
this 25th day of October, 1994.
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malU!erw, the 'problems associated with alcohol, tobacco and the use of illeg'al
drug'Jl have become prevalent in every community reg'ardless of size
anllocation; and .
malU!erw, the City of Iowa City must now turn its energies toward the battle
ag'ainst alcohol, tobacco and other drugs in its own neighborhoods;
and
B!.Jereas, the Red Ribbon national celebration was started in 1985 after
federal atient Enrique Camarena waS murdered by drug' traffickers.
The red ribbon represents the nation's united fight ag'ainst drug'S; and
'Iltberw, the 1994 Red Rihbon National Celebration theme will he "Healthy
Means Drug' Free" to focus on the 'importance of strengthening'
parent/community networks in creat!n~ an environment in which our
youth may live a healthy, drug' free life;
jaw, tberdore, I, Susan M. Horowitz, Mayor of the City of Iowa City, Iowa,
do hereby proclaim the week of October 23.31, 1994, to be
"ltb l\ibbon _ttk"
in Iowa City, and encoura.g',e every resident to wear a red ri1bon to symbolize
our commibnent to estalilishing' drug free communities for our citizens,
especially our children, and to participate in events throu~hout the week that
sURPort a healthy, dnig free lifestyle. During this weeli we honor the law
emorcement officer in whose memory we use the symbol of the red ribbon.
We look to the strength of a unified community in restoring' peace and order
that have suffered with the influx of alcohol, tobacco and other drug'S, and
we support the efforts of our communities to create drug' free neighborhoods
of which we can be proud.
Sig'ned in Iowa City, Iowa,
this 25th day of October, 1994.
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