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September 6, 2011 (Work Session) Page 586 WHEREAS, one third of prostate cancer occurs in men under the age of 65, and at any age prostate cancer devastates families through loss of income, partnership, and support; and WHEREAS, 1 in 6 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime; and WHEREAS, men with a father or brother who had prostate cancer are more likely to get prostate cancer too; and WHEREAS, on average, every 13 minutes a man dies of prostate cancer; and WHEREAS, prostate cancer is as much as 100 percent curable when detected in its early silent stages; and WHEREAS, once physically uncomfortable symptoms manifest, the survival rate for prostate cancer drops to 30 percent. NOW, THEREFORE, I H. Jay White, Sr., on behalf of the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners do proclaim September 2011 as: PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS MONTH in the County of Cabarrus, and support development and implementation of prostate cancer education and awareness in order to improve cancer prevention and early detection for the men of this County. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused this seal to be affixed this the 6 th day of September, 2011. /s/ H. Jay White, Sr. H. Jay White, Sr., Chairman Board of Commissioners Attest: /s/ Kay Honeycutt Kay Honeycutt, Clerk to the Board BOC — Resolution Joinina the National Moment of Remembrance of the 10th Anniversary of September 11th Chairman White requested a resolution "Joining the National Moment of Remembrance of the 10 Anniversary of September 11 th " be adopted. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Carruth, seconded by Vice Chairman Poole and unanimously carried, the Board voted to suspend the Rules of Procedure and adopted the following resolution: Resolution No. 2011 -20 RESOLUTION Cabarrus County Joining the National Moment of Remembrance of the 10 Anniversary of September 11 WHEREAS, the governing body of the County of Cabarrus, North Carolina expresses their support of the United State's Senate regarding coming together as a Nation and ceasing all work or other activity for a moment of remembrance beginning at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on September 11, 2011, in honor of the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks committed against the United States on September 11, 2001; and WHEREAS, at 8:46 a.m., on September 11, 2001, hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the upper portion of the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City, New York; and WHEREAS, 17 minutes later, at 9:03 a.m., hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center; and WHEREAS, at 9:37 a.m., the west wall of the Pentagon was hit by hijacked American Airlines Flight 77, the impact of which caused immediate and catastrophic damage to the headquarters of the Department of Defense; and WHEREAS, at approximately 10:00 a.m., the passengers and crew of hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 acted heroically to retake control of the airplane