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Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month City of Clermont Proclamation Pancreatic Cancer _Awareness Jvionth Whereas, pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers and is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States; and Whereas, when symptoms of pancreatic cancer present themselves, it is usually too late for an optimistic prognosis; and 'Whereas, incidence of pancreatic cancer is approximately 50 percent higher in African Amencans than in any other ethnic groups; and Whereas, approximately 2,600 pancreatic cancer deaths will occur in Flonda in 2011; and Whereas, the Federal Government invests significantly less money in pancreatic cancer research than in any other leading cancer killers; and Whereas, the Pancreatic Cancer Research and Education Act (S. 362/H.R. 733) requires that the National Cancer Institute develop a strategic plan for combating pancreatic cancer; and Whereas, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is the only national patient advocacy organization serving the pancreatic cancer community in the City of Clermont and nationwide; and Whereas, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and its affiliates support those patients currently battling pancreatic cancer as well as those who have lost their lives to the disease, and are committed to nothing less than a cure; and Whereas, the good health and well -being of the residents of the City of Clermont are enhanced as a direct result of increased awareness about pancreatic cancer and research, Now, Therefore, I, Harold S Turville, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor of the City of Clermont in the State of Florida, do hereby proclaim the month of November, 2011 as Pancreatic Cancer .Awareness .Month In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Clermont to be affixed this 25 day of October in the year of our Lord two thousand eleven. • arold S. Turville, Jr., . • ATTEST: ` ` 01 Tracy • A'oyd, City Cler