HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-05-16 ProclamationillllI~l~relllt. today, nearly one in 30 Americans are cancer surviv. ors, thanks to
advances in early cancer detection, treatment, and research; and
:~][~l~rl~lillt. the five-year survival rate for children with cancer improved from 65
percent in the early 1980s to 74 percent in the early 1990s; and
i[~I~l~rl~lllt, over 1.2 million Americans and 14,200 Iowans are expected to be
diagnosed with cancer this year; and
:~l[~l~rl~ltlt, Iowa city, Iowa has an active and productive cancer survivor
population.
'i~Iotv, therefore, I, Ernest W, Lehman, Mayor of the City of Iowa City,
Iowa, do hereby proclaim observance of
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in Iowa City and urge all citizens to join in this joyous celebration of life from
Si~ed in Iowa CiW, Iowa,
this 16m day of May, 2000.
~l~[~ereR~ the Official Kickoff of the Englert Civic Theatre Group's
fundraising campaign to purchase and renovate the historic Englert
Theatre is soon appro. ach~ng; and
~][~l~reRd~ dozens of community volunteers are working on the project;
an
~][~ere~t~. the Campaign Kickoff event will feature theater, dance and
music performances in the City Plaza Minipark from 12 p.m. until 6
p.m. representing the shows to be presented in the restored Englert
Theatre; and
I erea , an En~lert Theatre open house will be held all afternoon
during the Kick-off event giving the community an opportunity for
guided tours of the historic theater and an explanation of the
renovation work that will be necessary to return the Englert to a live
performance space.
o~a~refore i, Ernest W. Lehman, Mayor of the City of Iowa City,
I , do herei~y proclaim May 21, 2000, to be
ave the nglert
in Iowa City, and encourage our residents and visitors to support this
community project ....
M~[yor
Signed in Iowa City, Iowa,
th~s 16th day of May, 2000.
~l~[~ereRf], nearly 70,000 men, women and children are on rapidly
growing waiting lists, hoping an organ will become available in time
to provide a new chance at life; and
~l~ereR~ one of these Americans will die eve~ ~o hours; and
~ereR~ hundreds of mayors of large cities and small towns will join in
an unprecedented effo~ to save lives by staging the first coast-to-
coast mayoral relay; and
~ereH~ the goal of the event is to make the critical need for organ and
tissue donors one of the first public health problems to be solved in
the new centu~.
~,, oR~.o .rcf~ ~r~ b ~' .~:~w~ .~ ~ ~ ~ ~o~; ~ ~W'"~ ~ .~orxo ~ ~ .~,
in Iowa Ci~, and encourage our eommuni~ to support ~his important
program.
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S~gned in Io~a Ci~, Iowa,
this 16th day of May, 2000.