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/s/ Robert M. Freeman Robert M. Freeman, Chairman ATTEST: /s/ Frankie F. Bonds Frankie F. Bonds, Clerk to the Board (E-16) Proclamation - Child Support Awareness Month (A~ril 2003) UPON MOTION of Commissioner Privette, seconded by Vice Chairman Suggs and unanimously carried, the Board adopted the following Proclamation. C"HILD SUPPORT AWARENESS MOIFI"H IN CABARRUS COUNTY A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, the welfare of our children is the most important responsibility we have as parents. A child should be able to depend on support from both parents; and WHEREAS, children who do not receive adequate financial and emotional support from both parents may experience greater difficulty in becoming healthy, happy, and productive citizens of this County. In such cases, the taxpayers of this County support the children whose parents fail to meet this responsibility; and WHEREAS, many concerned and dedicated judges, district attorneys, clerks of court, sheriffs' personnel, and child support professionals work to provide this service to Cabarrus County's children . . . our future; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners does hereby proclaim the month of April, 2001 as CHILD SUPPORT AWARENESS MONTH IN CABARRUS COUNTY and urges all parents who are currently under court order to regularly pay their child support. This the 21"~ day of April 2003 ../s/ Robert M. Freeman Robert M. Freeman Chairman, Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners (E-l?) Proclamation - Cabarrus Count~ Day of Prayer (May 1, 2003) UPON MOTION of Commissioner Privette, seconded by Vice Chairman Suggs and unanimously carried, the Board adopted the following Proclamation. CABARRUS COUNTY DAY OF PRAYER PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, National Days of Prayer have been part of our country's heritage since the first one was declared by the Continental Congress in 1775; and WHEREAS, legislation setting aside the first Thursday in May in each year as a National Day of Prayer was passed unanimously by both Houses of Congress in 1988; and WHEREAS, the observance encourages Americans to affirm the nation's spiritual roots and to enlist prayer for local, state and national leaders; and WHEREAS, a day of prayer allows us the opportunity to acknowledge the numerous challenges that we, as a society and a nation, face here at home, and throughout the world; and WHEREAS, a day of prayer is a time to give thanks for our families and for the men and women of our military who are fighting to defend our Nation; to give thanks for those who have joined with America in the f~ght against terrorism; to continue to remember those who are suffering and facing hardships; and to pray for peace throughout the world.