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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
16.0pt;font-variant:small-caps'>Press Release – Mayor Proclaims National Pet
Week<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>To:</span></font></b>
Interested Media<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b> Gary J.
Riedner, City Supervisor<o:p></o:p></p>
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<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">206 E. 3rd St.</st1:Street>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">83843</st1:PostalCode></st1:address><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-indent:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Telephone: (208) 883-7006; Fax: (208) 883-7018<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-indent:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>E-mail: <a href="mailto:griedner@ci.moscow.id.us">griedner@ci.moscow.id.us</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>c:</span></font></b>
Mayor, City Council, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">All</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Users<o:p></o:p></p>
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6.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Re:</span></font></b>
City of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place>
Press Release<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Date:</span></font></b>
May 3, 2010<o:p></o:p></p>
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6.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:bold'>For
Immediate Release:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Mayor
Proclaims National Pet Week<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Moscow</span></font></b></st1:City><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>, <st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State> –
</span></b>Mayor Nancy Chaney of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place>
has issued the following proclamation:<b><span style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><b><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold'>NATIONAL PET WEEK<br>
PROCLAMATION<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:
1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-1.0in'><b><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'>WHEREAS</span></font></b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>,
National Pet Week was jointly founded in 1981 by the American Veterinary
Medical Association (AVMA) and the AVMA Auxiliary to foster responsible pet ownership,
recognize the human-animal bond, and increase public awareness of veterinary
medicine; and <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:
1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-1.0in'><b><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:windowtext;font-weight:bold'>WHEREAS</span></font></b><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:windowtext'>,</span></font><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>
The 2010 theme for National Pet Week is “Pets and
People—Healthy Together,” promoting the importance of exercise for
people and pets; and <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-1.0in'><b><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'>WHEREAS</span></font></b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>,
65% of adult Americans are overweight or obese, according to the
American Obesity Society; and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-1.0in'><b><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'>WHEREAS</span></font></b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>,
44% of dogs and 57% of cats in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region></st1:place> are overweight or
obese, according to the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention; and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-1.0in'><b><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'>WHEREAS</span></font></b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>,
As with humans, obesity among companion animals can lead to
osteoarthritis, Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and various
cancers; and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-1.0in'><b><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'>WHEREAS, </span></font></b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Moscow’s
neighbor,<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b>Washington State
University is home to a world class veterinary teaching hospital, one of only
29 such facilities in North America; and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-1.0in'><b><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'>WHEREAS,</span></font></b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>
the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine is integral to the new Center for Global
Animal Health, and home to the famed People-Pet Partnership Program, which
oversees the Pet Education Partnership, Companion Animal Partnership, and
Palouse Area Therapeutic Horsemanship Programs; and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:
1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-1.0in'><b><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'>WHEREAS</span></font></b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>,
the City of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place>
recognizes the physical, social, and emotional health benefits that companion
animals and their owners provide each other every day; <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:
1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-1.0in'><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:
1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-1.0in'><b><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'>NOW, THEREFORE</span></font></b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>,
I, Nancy Chaney, Mayor of the City of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place>,
do hereby proclaim May 2–8, 2010, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-1.0in'><b><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:bold'>National
Pet Week<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>in the City of Moscow, and I call upon community members to consider
that tender interaction with other creatures enhances physical, emotional, and
social well-being, and generally makes people better people.<i><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></span></font></p>
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color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>###<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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