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BOOK it PAGE ' PU <br />1 <br />Dwayne Tallman, on behalf of the Indian RiverUnit of the American Cancer Society, <br />thanked the Board for its continued support. <br />Commissioner Macht commented that he had attended the Relay for Life last year. <br />It was a lot of fun and there were many tugs to the heart strings. The hospital MASH unit <br />was really great and almost $80,000 was raised. He hoped that everyone would attend this <br />year's Relay. <br />S.B. PROCLAMATIONDESIGNATING MAY 14-20, 2000 AS INDIANRIVER <br />COUNTYPEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL WEEK <br />The Chairman presented the following Proclamation to Sheriff Gary Wheeler: <br />PROCLAMATION <br />DESIGNATING MAY 14 - MAY 20, 2000 <br />AS INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL WEER <br />WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States of America has designated <br />the week of May 15th to be dedicated as "National Police Week•; and <br />WHEREAS, May 15th is officially "National Police Memorial Day" and <br />there will be'a multi -agency observance on the steps of the Indian River <br />County Courthouse at 8:30 a.m. on May 15, 2000, in memory of law <br />enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in 1999; and <br />WHEREAS, the law enforcement officers are our guardians of life and <br />property, defenders of the individual right to be free men and women, <br />warriors in the war against crime and dedicated to the preservation of <br />life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and <br />WHEREAS, Indian River County desires to honor the valor, service and <br />dedication of its own police officers; and <br />�IWHEREAS, it is known that every 57 hours an American police officer <br />will be killed in the line of duty somewhere in the United States and 187 <br />officers will be seriously assaulted in the performance of their duties, <br />and our community joins with other cities, towns and counties to honor all <br />■� peace officers everywhere: <br />MAY 099 2000 <br />