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READ-A-WEEK PROCLAMATION <br /> WHEREAS, The Orange County Board of Commissioners, the Orange County School <br /> Board,the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School Board and numerous community agencies have <br /> launched a countywide literacy initiative, ORANGE COUNTY READS, to bring public <br /> notice to the importance of reading and to maximize community and school resources to <br /> strengthen parental literacy skills to further maximize the opportunities for school-age <br /> children to succeed; and <br /> WHEREAS, ORANGE COUNTY READS is sponsoring the county's first Read-A- <br /> Week; and <br /> WHEREAS, This event will take place April 10-17, 2000 with its sponsors hoping to <br /> reach every citizen and resident in Orange County; so <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, Be it resolved that the Orange County Board of Commissioners do <br /> hereby proclaim April 10-17, 2000 as Read-A-Week in Orange County and urge all <br /> citizens to support this most worthwhile effort to make literacy a traditional part of our <br /> countywide activities. <br /> This the 4th day of April 2000. <br /> c Aoes Carey, Jr., Chair7� <br />