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PROCLAMATION - ITALIAN HERITAGE AND CULTURE MONTH <br />Chairman Adams read the following proclamation aloud and <br />presented it to Joe Mantorana who accepted it on behalf of four <br />organizations: <br />PROCLAMATION <br />WHEREAS, the month of October, 1996 has been declared to be <br />Italian Heritage and Culture Month by the President of the United <br />States and by the Governor of the State of Florida; and <br />WHEREAS, there are four major organizations of Americans of <br />Italian ancestry in Indian River County, namely, the Italian American <br />Civic Association, Inc., the Ladies Auxiliary of the Italian American <br />Civic Association, the Giordano Lodge No. 2571 of Vero Beach, Order <br />Sons of Italy in America, and the Italian American War Veterans, Post <br />3 of Vero Beach; and <br />WHEREAS, the above-named organizations composed of County <br />residents of Italian ancestry have organized "Italian American Clubs" <br />in order to provide an agency in which the Club members, some of whom <br />are not of Italian ancestry, can work together volunteering their <br />time and energy to activities beneficial to the community -at -large; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, county residents of Italian ancestry have played a <br />significant role in the development of the economic, educational and <br />cultural life of Indian River County; and <br />WHEREAS, this year the aforesaid four organizations have agreed <br />to jointly petition the Indian River County Board of County <br />Commissioners to proclaim October as Italian Heritage and' Culture <br />Month in commemoration of the 504th Anniversary of the Discovery of <br />America by Christopher Columbus, a brave Italian sailor from Genoa, <br />Italy: <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS that the month of October, 1996 be <br />proclaimed <br />ITALIAN HERITAGE and CULTURE MONTH <br />in Indian River County, and the Board further recognizes the various <br />Italian American Clubs of Indian River County for their efforts in <br />the betterment of the county, and extends its heartiest <br />congratulations and best wishes to the members of these various Clubs <br />on the occasion of the various activities that will be held during <br />the month of October, 1996. <br />Adopted this 1 day of October, 1996. <br />ALA <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />�J ��i►� VJ �JK��/YVt.O <br />Fran B. Adams, Chairman <br />v <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br />The Chairman asked if there were any corrections to the <br />Minutes of the Special Meeting of September 4, 1996 or the Regular <br />Meeting of September 10, 1996 <br />3 <br />OCTOBER 1, 1996 <br />