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Dear friends, Hello from the pre-dawn crew here on the shores of the cold North Atlantic.........it is 03:40 AM.... I am the recipient of a large number of e-mail, surface mail and telephone calls indicating that the 1999 PD Awareness Month Resolution which several of us have rewritten and updated, is doing very well. We anticipate PASSAGE, as well as jacket-and-tie ceremonies recognizing our efforts . You are invited to join us. On Monday morning, April 5th, at 10:00 AM, the Senate is scheduled to take up Senate Paper 685, currently Tabled and awaiting further action, the Joint Resolution Recognizing Parkinson's DIsease Awareness Month. The sponsor is the President of the Senate, Sen. Mark Lawrence, District 35, York County (Eliot, Kittery, Ogunquit South Berwick, York, part of Berwick). The House of Representatives is expected to vote to PASS the Resolution later that same day. The House sponsor is my own Representative, Bill Norbert, District 110 (part of Portland). Our 1999 resolution states the need for the following, among many other points: -the training and education of the medical community, including vital people like rescue crews and hospital emergency room personnel; -the education of the legal community, so that the rights of PWP's can be protected; -full funding of the Udall Act, "critical" to finding the cure for this potentially fatal Disease, -providing exhausted patients, and families and friends who are caregivers, with support. Telephone calls from PD support group members have been credited with alerting and winning over many members of both the House and Senate. As soon as I get the OFFICIAL wording of the Resolution transferred to me from the Secretary of the Senate , I will post it to the List. Does anyone know if any other State or Country has a Resolution in progress? Ivan Suzman 49/39/36 Portland, Maine USA