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CARL J, SMITH MAYOR
TOWN COUNCIL
MICHAEL PERKIS, MAYOR PRO·TEM
HARTLEY COOPER
JERRY KAYNARD
MADELEINE MCGEE
PATR ICK O'NEIL
MARY J ANE WATSON
TOWN OF SULLIVAN'S ISLAND
PROCLAMATION
ANDY BENKE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR
JASON BLANTON COM PTR OLLER
LAWRENCE A. DODDS TOWN ATTORNEY
GREG GRESS WATER AND SEWER MANAGER
DANIELS. HOWARD CHIEF OF POLICE
ELLEN MILLER TOWN CLERK
RANDY ROBINSON BUILD ING OFFICIAL
M. ANTHONY STITH FIRE CHIEF
WHEREAS, in 2012 an estimated 43,920 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the
United States and 94 percent of pancreatic cancer patients die within the first five years of diagnosis; and
WHEREAS, pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, is the fourth leading cause of cancer
death in the United States, and approximately 570 deaths will occur in South Carolina in 2012; and
WHEREAS, of all the racial/ ethnic groups in the United States, African Americans have the highest
incidence rate of pancreatic cancer; and
WHEREAS, there is no cure for pancreatic cancer, there have been no significant improvements in
survival rates in the last 40 years, and federal funding for pancreatic cancer research is significantly less
than the other leading cancer killers; and
WHEREAS, the Pancreatic Cancer Action network is the first and only national patient advocacy
organization that serves the pancreatic cancer community in Sullivan's Island and nationwide by focusing
its efforts on public policy, research funding, patient services, and public awareness and education
related to developing effective treatments and a cure for pancreatic cancer,
NOW THEREFORE, I Carl J. Smith, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor of the Town of
Sullivan's Island, do hereby proclaim the month of November 2012 as
PANCREATIC CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
in the Town of Sullivan's Island, South Carolina.
ith, Mayor
Ellen Miller, Town Clerk
P.O. BOX 427 • SULLIVAN'S ISLAND, SC 29482 (843) 883-3198 • FAX (843) 883-3009 • WWW.SULLIVANSISLAND-SC.COM