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• • <br />Chairman Stanbridge expressed thanks on behalf of the County, the Commissioners <br />and the local partners. <br />Senator Pruitt commended the County's professional staff, particularly Assistant <br />Administrator Baird, for making all the elected officials look good. <br />5.B. PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING <br />JANUARY 17 THRU 20, 2002 AS FELLSMERE FROG LEG FESTIVAL <br />DAYS <br />Chairman Stanbridge read the following into the record as "Festus the Frog" looked <br />over her shoulder. She presented the proclamation to Beth Mitchell, Executive Director <br />Sebastian River Area Chamber of Commerce, who accepted it with thanks and information <br />that the Festival has been moved to MESA Park this year and also that a "gator dinner" has <br />been added to the culinary fare. <br />PROCLAMATION <br />DESIGNATING JANUARY 17 THROUGH 20, 2002 <br />AS FELLSMERE FROG LEG FESTIVAL DAYS <br />WHEREAS, the 11`h Annual Fellsmere Frog Leg Festival will be held from <br />January 17 through January 20, 2002; and <br />WHEREAS, this festival showcases local culinary skills, resulting in frog legs <br />that are unsurpassed; and <br />WHEREAS, the fame of the Festival has reached beyond the borders of the <br />County and State; and <br />WHEREAS, this Festival is now in the Guinness Book of World Records, and <br />over the years has attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors and tourists to the area; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the proceeds are used to further recreation and park activities in <br />Fellsmere; and <br />IWHEREAS, the City of Fellsmere has been designated as the Frog Leg Capital <br />of the World and <br />January 15, 2002 <br />3 <br />