Proc. 002-98
CITY OF WINCHESTER
COUNTY of FREDERICK
PROCLAMA TI ON
WHEREAS. drivers and pedestrians impaired by alcohol and other
drugs account for nearly 17,700 U.S. highway deaths annually; and
WHEREAS. there were 5 alcohol-related fatalities and 86 alcohol-
related injuries in 1998 in Frederick County; and
WHEREAS, nationwide, alcohol is involved in nearly half of all traffic
fatalities; and
_ WHEREAS. injury and property damage resulting from impaired driving
cause physical, emotional, and economic hardship for hundreds of
thousands of adults and young people; and
WHEREAS. comprehensive community-based strategies to further reduce
and prevent impaired driving tragedies are known;
NOW, THEREFORE. WE. JAMES LONGERBEAM AND LARRY OMPS, do hereby proclaim
December, 1998, as National Drunk & Drugged Driving Prevention Month
in Winchester and Frederick County, in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Chairman,Frederick County
Board of Supervisors
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PROCLAMATION NO.: 002-98