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Enclosure <br /> <br /> Martinsville <br /> <br />PROCLAMATION <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City of Martinsville, Virginia, has been enriched by the contributions of <br />its elders; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, every Martinsville and Hem-y County citizen should have and take <br />advantage of life-long opportunities to develop and use personal abilities to provide <br />services to families, friends, neighbors, and the community; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, on April 10, 1996, Martinsville and Henry County agreed on the need to <br />help improve the quality of life for our senior population and in so doing created the <br />Martinsville-Henry County TRIAD/S.A.L.T. Council, comprised of representatives from <br />the Martinsville Police Department, the Henry County Sheriffs Office, the Martinsville <br />Sheriffs Office, Southern Area Agency on Aging, the Henry County Senior Services, <br />AARP #317 and Martinsville Senior Service; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the TRIAD/S.A.L.T. Council has provided opportunities for the region's <br />older citizens through seminars, held every two months, on topics such as crime <br />p!-evention, safety, and disaster preparedness information; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the TRIAD/S.A.L.T. Council has also sponsored a grant-funded program <br />for the last three years focusing on getting crime prevention materials and information <br />to the senior population, involving community presentations in addition to the <br />seminars held each year on topics such as Home Security Lighting Project, Personal <br />Safety and Self-Defense and Frauds, Scams and Identity Theft Awareness and <br />Prevention; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the 19 current members of the TRIAD/SALT Council plan April 28t~ to <br />celebrate the eighth anniversary of the signing of the original Martinsville/Henry <br />County TRIAD Cooperative Agreement; now, therefore <br /> <br />I, M. Gene Teague, Mayor of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, do hereby proclaim April <br />28, 2004 as <br /> <br />MARTINSVILLE/HENRY COUNTY TRIAD/S.A.L.T. DAY <br /> <br />in the City of Martinsville and commend this observance to our citizens. <br /> <br /> M. Gene Teague <br /> Mayor <br /> <br />Street P.O. Box 1112 Martinsville, VA24114-1112 54,0-656-5000 <br /> www.ci.martinsville.va.us <br /> <br /> <br />