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The Iowa City Road Races, Inc., a eor~oratlon orga,,;,.ed
under the Nonprof/t Corserat/on Act, as ~ ~te o~ ~
~ ~ i~ ~on to promo~ ~ ~e ~ess ~or ~
The Iowa City Road Races, Inc., has, as a secondary m;idon
to annually ort/anlze, promote, an~. execute events designed to mlse
funds to ~e cont~i~0uted to charitable, religious, or e&ca~ion~l
ta~.-e. xempt organizations who share in the Iowa City Road Races
~f'tl resion; and
Olympian Jeff Galloway, reeog,,;~ed nationally as an expert
on running ~a~dd community fitness, has seheted the Iowa Ci.ty
Road Races its race, the 19th Annual Parsons Tedmology'
Iowa City Hospice Road Races, as one event in Iowa to premiere
a ne~ ~am~y fitness program; and '
Jeff Galloway ~ l~e present to recognize the City of Iowa
City for its outstanding eontritmtion to our community through its
support of the 18th am,,,al He,pica Road Races that hosted nea-ly
6,000 participants in our comm..ity anti rai~ed $143,000 in
vitally' needed funds for human sexyice agencies,
~).01~, fl~grd0rt, I, Susan M. Horowit~, Mater of the City of Iowa City,
prodalto the week of January 29-Netm~ar~ 4, 1995, to l~e
Signed in Iowa City, Iowa,
this 31st day of Iaouar~, 1995.
~,~aS, in reengnition and gr. ateM. appreciation of the hard&;ps
· endured ~ our founders m winning our freedom from C~eat
Britain an~l in establishing this Rem~Llle, whleh has endured for
219 years- the longest in the world -we find the need to reflect
upon the hiatorle events that have shaped thio Nation, and
il~ .h~, it is fi~,,g that the month of the Presidents' Bird..days - that
o~ General George Washington, our first Presi.dent who is indeed
the Father of our Country, and of Abraham T,,,,eoln. should be
designated American Histo~ Month to re~;nd .us o~. General
Washln~ton's superb .mlhtar0J leadership during the Revolution, as
well as ~ stateamanshlp in g~dlng t~e infant Republle, and the
dlploma.cy and statesmanshi~ of ?resident Abraham Li,,coln who
.gro~i~.~ the leadership in t~e overwhelm;-g struggle to preserve
me Union,
filt~:ef~rg, I, Susan M. Horowit~ of Iowa City,
. . . I, Mayor of ~e City
Iowa, do herahy proclaim Fdoruarlr 1995, to be
merican i tor ,
in the Iowa City, and urge all citizens to reflect upon the great leadership
provided by. our founders.
Signed in Iowa City, Iowa,
thYm 31st day of Jannary, 1995.
]ob a
Great Britain
for 219 years longest in
zeflect uFon the
appreciatlon
in
,fi'~dam from
the need to
the :Father
well ~
Union,
month of the
Birthdays. that
t.;~coln - .h~ld be
to rem;M US of Oenml
the l~volutlon, as
L~ol~ who
overwJlelm~ng struggle to ~r~ese~rve
Iowa,
~ity,
in the Iowa City,
~zovia,1 ~
all citizens to reflect
great leadership
in Iowa City, Iowa,
day of Januar/, 19~)5.
~/~wi~' the ~;~th annual National Oirls and Women in SVo~ D.ay
celebrate women athletes who ~lave ~oken l'arders, dxe
pioneers who have been the ~irs~ woman or the ~rst person to
acaoml~lish a feat, anA
the 1995 National Cri~ls and Women in ~porf~ Da~t
celebrate& on the f-'i~t Tburs.day in 1%l'ruax?, ea& rear, will
cong-ue .the 1994 ~aem~ of ~e_akln~ dow~ the l'ardezs that
exclude glvls and women from spovt~, and
~, the achievements of women athletes need to l'e. made known
to girls. not that they should repeat those feats, but to expand their
view of what they c~n become, and
~t2~, the Women's Intereolleglate At]~leti~s of T~e University of
Iowa. t&ing tien l ol, va on
speeml events,
~[J~t~, we w~ah to join our local women athletes in ol'servlng thla
special ..day and to aongrat~late them on their many
accomplishments.
t~rd,0re, I, Su~an M_ ..Hozo.wit~, ~yor of the .Ci~ of Iowa Cid,
Iowa, ~ hereby proclaim Felmmrr 2, 199~, to l~e
in Iowa City to .tn~g attention to the achievements of female athletes
and to the issues fa~ug females in sports.
~s?3ed in.Iowa. City, Iowa,
1st ~ay o~ Janua~, 1995.
Iowa
~l~tjer~, it is to ou~ l, ene~t to uncover the ~h end v, med past of
Black A~. erleans, for in reeogni~ng their strengths and talents we
ereate pride and ~;ty amon~ people of ~ races.
in the City of Iowa City and enca~age all ei~ens to take part in
a~vltles o~ .ett~wi~g..th~mghoat the month commemoxatlng the
ae~evemants of Bla~k Amerleans. '
tSh~igned in Iowa?ity, Iowa,
s 31st day o~ January 1995.
~tl~tllg, Setroma International, a civic orgaa~zatlon, the motto of
which is "Service to Ma-blnd," has adopted a Freedom Week
~eap'onslbillties of people m a free society, and
i~ittj~eag, Sextoma Internatlonal has promoted the dlatrilmtion of copies
of the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence
tl~ougkout its enti~e mem~s~p of ~lu~s, and
i~l~P~, the old Capital Sextoma CI~ of Iowa City is pL,,,i,~g to
ear~y out speeial patrlotie activities in the foe,,, of the National
Heritage Esaay Contest clm4ng the 1995 F~eedom Week, ancl
i~tJll:~, it see,,,a proper and fitth, g to aeco~l offioial recognition to
this patriotic mov~nent.
.~oW, gltrt~t, I, Susan l~I. Horowitz, Mayo~ of the City of Iowa City,
Iowa, he by p odalm andtho week of
18, 199;~, to l~e
in Iowa City and uxge the eitlzex~ of ~;~ '~ty to ~upport the o]~eellves
of ~h;, program.
Signed in Iowa City, Iowa,
thl, 31at day of Januax?, 199~.
~P~I~, many thousands of veterans of America's armed forces have
served this nation in tlme.s of both peace and war, and in doing so
have thereby a~s~red the mdependence of a]] her people, and
~L~P,p~, mo~e than a mill;on veterans enter the Dopax4ment of
Veterans Af~t Medical Centers l~ation~ic~ for medical attention
these hospitah~ed vete~ann who yet hear the physical and
emotional scars of war have most s~rely earned ou~ grat~t'uds for
the many personal sacrifices they have matte ~x oltr behalf, ancl
the Department of Veterans Affs3xs Medical Center, for the
twanty. seeond couseeutive year, has org~n!zed a national day of
t~bute honoring all hosplt~l;~d vetera~ with the X~rpose of
~rglng all Areorleans to remember these men ana women,
espe lly o,, d y, and
~tlJ~t/tg, we wish to express to the patients in the Departmant of
Veterans Aff~,i,-s Medical Centers o~r concern, care, and sincere
appreeiatlon.
t~trtf0rt, I, Susan M. Horowitz, Mayor of the City of Iowa City,
Iowa, do hereby proclaim 1%~0ruaxT 11 anal 12, 1995, to he
Signed in Iowa City, Iowa,
~, tL.;, 31st day of January, 1995.
tie man~
nation
of A=erica'~ ~ ~o~ces have
an~ ~ Ja~ so
· -;lhon veterans enter the Depaz~ment of
~enters nationwide for meallea[ attentlon
vot~ans wl, o yet l~ar the physleal and
~ave most surely earned ~x g~tltude for
they have ~1~ in o~r ~,~, and
¥e~ Afros Me~c~l Canter, for the
year, ~ o~ga~ed a national clay of
votera-~ with the l~'~ose of
willa to exl~ess to
in the Department
conc~rn~ care, an~ ~uc~re
I, ~usan M. Horowit,,
do herairy pro'elm Fel~ma~ 11
tl~ City oi Iowa Ciq,,
12, 1995, to ]~e
to oSp/tati eb
Iowa City, Iowa,
$1st Jay of January, 1995.