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P R O C L A M ^ T I O N %'IIIEREA8, Special Olympics Internationkl, the governing body of tile Sl)ecial Olympics Program, is the world's largesu sports program fo~' men~ally retarded children and adults. This program provides year-round training and competition in t%?e~%~y-L%vo offi- cial spo~'ts to over one million special atbletes in over 20,000 communities nationwide; and %VI1EREAS, la%v enforcement officers i~] Cabarr[[s Couoty and a- cross the state of Nortb Carolina and the United Sta~es have do- l]ated their time and energy ~o support and promote the Special Olympics program; and %VI{EREAS ~his, 5he third annual North Caroliua La%v Enf~rce- menE Officers Torch Run in support of Special Olympics %rill be- gin in both Atlan'tic Beach N.C. a~]d in Asbeville, N.C. on }.{ay 16 1989 and %¥ill culminate in Charlotte, N.C. on }.lay 26, 1989 at 7:30 p.m. at ~lemorial Stadium signaling tbe start of the State Special Olympics Sunm]er Games; and %%'HEREAS, Deputy Sheriffs of Cabarrus County and Police Offi- cers of the cities of Concord and Kanuapolis, in a sbo%v of their united suppor~ of this worth%vhile program, %%,ill carry the.t~r~b of the Special Olympics through Cabarrus County and the m~n~c.~- palities of Concord and Kannapolis on 5lay. 25, 1989, iu recogni- tiou of tbe accomplishments of the Special Olympians; and %%'HEREAS, it is important to remember that, in Special Olym- pics, everyone %vho participates ~s indeed a %~inner. NO,V, THEREFORE, I, James %%'. Lentz, Chairman of tile Board of Cabarrus County. Commissioners, do hereby proclaim Thursday, ~ay 25, 1989~ as "La%v Enfo~cemuent Torch Run Day in Cabarrus County" AND FURTHER~fORE, I extend my gratitude and appreciatiou to offi- cers of the Cabarrus County Sheriff's Department, and to those of 5he Concord and Kannapolis Police Departments, for lending their support to such a meaningful and %vorth%vbile cause. This the day of May, 1989.