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S.B. PROCLAMATIONDESIGNATING MONTH OF OCTOBERS 1999 As <br />NATIONAL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTHAND THE FIRST <br />TUESDAYIN OCTOBER AS "TELL A FRIEND -TUESDAY" ININDIAN <br />RIVER COUNTY <br />Chairman Macht presented the following Proclamation to Ruth Ann Fleckenstein of <br />the Indian River County Unit of the American Cancer Society: <br />PROCLAMATION <br />DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 1999 AS <br />NATIONAL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH <br />AND THE FIRST TUESDAY IN OCTOBER AS <br />"TELL -A -FRIEND -TUESDAY" <br />IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />WHEREAS, Many women still do not know that mammography is the best way to find <br />breast cancer early, when it is easier to treat, and more likely to be cured; and <br />WHEREAS, Many women still do not know that breast cancer is 97 percent curable when <br />detected early; and <br />WHEREAS, Some women are still afraid to get a mammogram because they fear pain, <br />radiation, or even finding out that they have breast cancer, and <br />WHEREAS, The action women need to take every year to overcome the fear of breast <br />cancer is to get a mammogram; and <br />WHEREAS, "Tell -A -Friend Tuesday" is the American Cancer Society's signature breast <br />cancer awareness event designed to reach a critical mass of women on one day with the message of <br />the importance of regular mammography for the early detection of breast cancer, and <br />WHEREAS, "Tell -A Friend Tuesday" is observed on the first Tuesday of October, during <br />National Breast Cancer Awareness Month; <br />SEPTEMBER 28, 1999 <br />-4- <br />