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YO IVAN, Break a leg! Go get em Homeboy! Your Homey, Greg Leeman 37/7 -----Original Message----- From: Ivan M Suzman <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> Date: Monday, April 06, 1998 6:48 AM Subject: House-Senate RESOLUTIONS-any other states? >^^^^^^WARM GREETINGS FROM^^^^^^^^^^ >Ivan Suzman 48/11 [log in to unmask] >Portland, Maine land of lighthouses 34 deg. F overccst >*********************************************************** >MAINE House-Senate RESOLUTION (S. 868) >*************************************************************************** ********* >Dear Listmembers, > >Karen Bardo and I will be on WCSH-TV in Portland, Maine at 12:30 today. >The RESOLUTION below will be mentioned, as will our APRIL 11 celebration >of World Parkinsons' Day. > >Have any other states adopted Parkinson's Awareness legislative >resolutions? > >Ivan > > > >On 20 Mar 1998 16:52:13 -0500 "Delfranco, Judi" ><[log in to unmask]> writes: >>JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING PARKINSON'S >>DISEASE AWARENESS MONTH >> >> WHEREAS, Parkinson's disease is a brain disorder that usually affects >> >>adults over 40, although it can appear in younger persons; and >> >> WHEREAS, Parkinson's disease, or Paralysis Agitans, is a devastating, >> >>painful and incurable brain disorder of unknown origin that disrupts >>and >>can end the lives of those who suffer from it as well as overwhelming >>the >>lives of their families and friends; and >> >> WHEREAS, more individuals suffer from Parkinson's disease than >>multiple >>sclerosis, muscular dystrophy and Lou Gehrig's disease combined; and >> >> WHEREAS, Parkinson's disease often takes an enormous emotional, >>psychological and physical toll on the families surrounding their >>suffering loved ones; and >> >> WHEREAS, Parkinson's disease appears eventually in approximately one >>of >>4 persons older than 80 years of age and in one of 10 persons older >>than >>60 years of age, thereby directly touching the lives of at least one >>of >>10 families in the State; and >> >> WHEREAS, according to the American Parkinson Disease Association >>there >>are approximately 1.5 million people in the United States diagnosed >>with >>Parkinson's disease, of which 7,000 or more are in the State of Maine; >> >>and >> >> WHEREAS, the symptoms of Parkinson's disease - stillness, tremors, >>slowness, poor movement and difficulty with balance and speaking are >> >>often mistaken as a normal part of the aging process; and >> >> WHEREAS, the cause of the disease is unknown, and drugs can only >>control >>some of the symptoms of Parkinson's disease for a short period of >>time; >>and >> >> WHEREAS, the historic and crucial Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Disease >> >>Research Act of 1997, which would provide up to $100,000,000 of >>funding >>specifically for Parkinson's disease, has recently been passed by the >> >>Congress after a courageous 4-year struggle by Parkinson's sufferers >> >>usually too sick to go to Washington; and >> >> WHEREAS, the entire congressional delegation from Maine was the first >> >>delegation from any state to join in cosponsoring the Udall >>Parkinson's >>legislation; and >> >> WHEREAS, April 11th has been proclaimed to be World Parkinson's Day, >>a >>day for all to recognize the need for more research and help in >>dealing >>with the devastating effects of Parkinson's disease; and >> >> WHEREAS, increased education and research are needed to help find >>more >>effective treatments and ultimately a cure for Parkinson's disease and >>to >>provide more effective support programs and services to Parkinson's >>disease patients and their caregivers and families; and >> >> WHEREAS, the leading public officials of the State and leading >>officials >>in the State's medical community are now called upon to aid in >>reversing >>the invisibility and voicelessness of its citizens suffering from >>Parkinson's disease; now, therefore, be it >> >> RESOLVED: That We, the Members of the One Hundred and Eighteenth >>Legislature, now assembled in the Second Regular Session, recognize >>the >>month of April as Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month throughout the >> >>State of Maine; and be it further >> >> RESOLVED: That a suitable copy of this resolution, duly >>authenticated >>by the Secretary of State, be transmitted to the American Parkinson >>Disease Association, Maine State Chapter. >> >