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Dear All, I met with our Secretary of State yesterday and received a strong = endorsement for establish April 11th as Parkinson's Awareness Day here = in Washington. I have a contact to work with in his office to try to = drive this thru for this year. His office will present the proposal for = PD day direct to the governor. Any ideas or plans for the signing? I believe I read a message on this = list which had the wording for the proclamation for establishing a PD = awareness day in another state. Does anybody recall? I'm trying to set = up the Northwest Parkinson's Foundation prior to the April 11th deadline = and maybe throw its intent and purpose (to help fund the clinic and = generally raise hell for PD) into the festivities. If you have any ideas please let me know. Best regards Bill -----Original Message----- From: Anne Rutherford [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Saturday, March 07, 1998 6:58 PM To: Bill Bell Subject: Re: Bob and Joy / Kingston Centre Info? Hello Bill Bell from Anne Rutherford in Newfoundland interesting that you are using some of the ideas that the Austraians = have=20 used to improve the care of PWP. We have tried to follow a similar path=20 to improved care. We used a video made by the UK PDS about their research program in Romford ( a small city outside London) . The video gave our ideas a respectable backing. You may be able to obtain a copy although it is old You are on the west coast -- the neurologist who started our Movement disorder clinic moved from here (newfoundland) to Vernon British = Columbia He, Dr Terry Curran, was convinced of the importance of the team = approach (our name) and spoke at Parkinson Foundation of Canada meetings Good luck in setting up a Parkinson centre. Keep the list up to date on your progress. =20