HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-09-26 Proclamation C ~ 1
~M~, Project HEATS ON is xpon~orerl by union contractors and
anu~on service pipefitters of the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City area,
~ttJer~, HEATS ON is a community assistance program that brings
together management, labor an go. vernm nt roups workin
· in the e eas ~y an ' g that Lwgecaces are safe an~ working
i~tlJ~, servicemen and plpefitters are volunteering their t~me to
inst~ect service, and d~ minor repairs to the heating equipment of
nedy ~a~illes in the area, and
~llJt~tt~ service contractors have volunteered their company trucks and
tooYs to assist in thla effort, and
i~lI)~, articipating supply houses also aid in this project by
exten~g Saturday hours and donating small parts.
~I01~, ~J~r~[llr~ I, Susan M. Horowitz, Mayor of the City of Iowa City,
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Iowa, do hereby proclaim October 7, 995 to e
· Iowa City and uxge all cl ' ens to express ap reciati n for the effo
wo~wx~r~e service.
t~.oignec[ in Iowa City, Io a,
26th day of Septe~er 1995.
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~ltDffeltt~, the Knights of Columbus in Iowa City will be holding their
anu-al Tootsie Roll Sale on Saturday and Sunday, October 7-8,
1995, and
~ltDel:eltlt, the funds raised locally from these donations help to support
programs for the mentally and physically handicapped residents of
Iowa City as well as for the State Special Olympics, and
~llDeretttt, ~Inety percent of the funds raised locally rem~,, in iowa City,
~Jff~tl~, the members Of the Knights of Coh, mhus are to be
commended for their efforts to support these programs.
eref re, I, Susan M. Horowitz, Mayor of the City of Iowa City,
Iowa, do hereby prodalto the week of October 2-8, 1995, to be
in the City of Iowa City and encourage all residents to support thi~
worthy cause.
/ Mayor ' ~
Signal in Iowa City, Iowa,
this 26th day of September, 1995.
~tJef~g, the thi.oss we heat in our homes - cooking and heating
equipment - are the two leading causes of home fixes; and
~IJ~ea~, smoking materials are the number one cause of fire deaths in
the United States; and
~ere~, most heating equipment fires start as a result of misuse or
improper zn~Intenance; and
~lJ~r~, careless disposal of smoking materials is the major cause of
those types of firesl and
~evea~, being alert, spe'.cifically watch~-g what we heat, can prevent
the majority of home fires. 'Watch What You Heat: Prevent
Home Fires" is an important message to com_m~nlcate to o~r
cornrnunlty; and
~H~, the fire service of the Iowa City Fire Depsa~bx~ent is dedicated
to the safety of ~e and property from the devastating effects of
fire; and
~JereA~, those members of the fire service are joined by other
concernec~ citizens of thl. city, as well as businesses, schools,
service clubs, and organizations in their fire safety efforts; and
~erP~J~, the local efforts of the fire service are supported by the
activities of org~izatlons such as the American Burn Association,
the American Rd Cross, the Congressional Fire Service Institute,
the Fire Marshals Association of North America, the International
Association of Arson Investigators, the International Association
of Fire Chiefs, the International Association of Fire Fighters, the
International Association of Black Professional Fire Fighters, the
National Association of State Fire Marshals, the National Fire
Protection Association, the National Volunteer Fire Council, and
the United States Fire Adml.i.tration; and
prevention ac~vltles at home, work, and school, to heed the
message: '~atch What You Heat: Prevent Home ~es" as the
1995 t~e Preven~on Week theme sugges.te.
~fore, I, Susan M. Horowitz, Mayor of the City of Iowa City,
Iowa, do hereby proclaim the week of October 8o14, 1995, to be
yire )re entien
in the City of Iowa City, Iowa. Thi~ week commemorates the great
Chicago Fire of 1871, which killed 300 persons, left 100,000 homeless,
and destroyed more than 17,000
Signed in Iowa City, Iowa,
thla 26th day of September, 1995.