Office of the Mayor
Proclamation
Lawrence, Kansas
WHEREAS: Sertoma
International was founded in 1912 in Kansas City, Missouri and the Lawrence
Sertoma Service Club was chartered on September 25, 1929 and has been providing
service over the past eighty-eight years in this community; and
WHEREAS: The
Lawrence Sertoma Club will be hosting its Nineteenth Annual Bar-B-Q Cook-off at
Broken Arrow Park on Friday, May 5 and Saturday, May 6, 2017; and
WHEREAS: The
public is invited to attend this event and enjoy the sights, sounds, and aroma
from the numerous teams competing in the cook-off with the grand champion
advancing on to compete in the American Royal Cook-off; and
WHEREAS: The funds
raised from this event will be used to continue Sertoma’s
service projects for the community including sponsorship of the annual Sertoma-Schiefelbusch Communication Camp.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Leslie Soden, Mayor of the City
of Lawrence, Kansas, do hereby proclaim Saturday, May 6, 2017 as
and urge the citizens of this community to partake of
great Bar-B-Q and support the Lawrence Sertoma Club in providing SERvice TO MAnkind.
Leslie
Soden, Mayor
May
2, 2017