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 years in this community; and
WHEREAS: The Lawrence Sertoma Club will be hosting its Fourteenth Annual Bar-B-Q Cook-off in Broken Arrow Park on Saturday, May 5, 2012; 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 Schiefelbusch Communication Camp;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert J. Schumm, Mayor of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, do hereby proclaim Saturday, May 5, 2012 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.
Robert J. Schumm, Mayor
April 24, 2012