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BJW&T CAIXCERAf ', REN4 VIONTHP$O TION
4' October 4;l 9
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- kereas*,Ge14iiior.'R n(has proclaimed,October as Breast Cdr
Awareness Month in forth-Carolina;and f
y' Whereas, app xintutely 5,500 North,Carolinadwomen will be diagnosd'
with breasts c, er and dpproximal*1,399--North.Carollntt•Women will die fry the
d4sase stn 1900;and
r; 1 erea .ever, �n,is at r for bnea cancer even'if site has no
fowily of the disease#but`w en om o . age of 5(l art's the-greatest risk, or being
diagnosed°with.breast cancer;and
W kereas,a miwo wit wm k the`single mos oerdve method ofd* ding
breast changes 16AW be fixi phy,*W` symptoms at may*'canc ei-can b*seen or felt;
and
Whereas,an esi toted$74000 to$80,000,in Medical cost will be save
jbr every woman whose,breast cancer is found ataan early stage rather than at the late
stage;and 1 '
Whereas,-,;ommun*organizath3as, churches, synagegap and other°'
laces o wo and word s r can� la a eclal role in ilu their kw inbers or
P I� tP� a1P Y . �
e�aeploy+ees about brZ�dst cancer and, z
0'eas, C�tuber is designa ted as National Mam 1-aphy Month;and,4s, r
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Bras, f#day, October 22, 1999. It'd signated ad*4donal
Mamma d h Da dnd
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pink r n is thgAternationally'recognized sy;'of
breast,cancer owarAn ess; '
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NOS, THBAEFORE, we do hereby proclaim 6cfeber 1999, as
"BR lST CANCER,4WAREl+►tESS MONTH and October 3-10, 1990, as "Ply
RIB$ON N'E1' Y"in Orange County.
Alice Gordkkw,, tair
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° Bard of'County Gommissio " ,
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