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-I <br />Richard Harris of Harris Sanitation thanked the Board for their support and stated <br />that in 3 weeks Keep Indian River Beautiful will have their first annual cleanup for this year. <br />In lieu of issuing a challenge to the Commissioners, this time a challenge is being issued to <br />all non-profit organizations and schools. They have already had a nice response from the <br />schools who have donated a lot of volunteers. There will be cash prizes for the non-profit <br />organizations and for the schools. <br />Commissioner Macht commented that his Kiwanis Club will be cleaning 2 spoil <br />islands this weekend, and Chairman Adams quipped that she would certainly like to see some <br />pictures of that effort. She thanked Mr. Harris and all the volunteers for their hard work. <br />S.B. PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING MARCH, 2000 AS DIAMOND JUBILEE <br />(HISTORY) MONTH THROUGHOUT INDIANRWER COUNTY <br />The Chairman presented the following Proclamation to Don Bercaw and Judy Boyle, <br />President and Vice President respectively of Historic Preservation Society: <br />PROCLAMATION <br />DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF MARCH 2000 <br />AS HISTORY MONTH <br />THROUGHOUT INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />WHEREAS, the citizens of the land that lay in the northern part of a very long county called <br />St. Lucie, wished to govern themselves independently, and <br />WHEREAS, this area consisted of small communities with names of Roseland. Wabasso, <br />Orchid, Johns Island, Winter Beach, Gifford, and Oslo along with large Towns of Sebastian, Fellsmere. <br />and Vero and <br />WHEREAS, the citizens of these small communities and these larger towns joined forces to <br />request that in 1925 the Legislature and the Governor of the Great State of Florida cause to be created <br />a new county, <br />March 14, 2000 <br />