8877-16 Recognize Lakewood Reads

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RESOLUTION NO. 8877 -16 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Litten, Marx, Nowlin, O'Leary, O'Malley. A RESOLUTION to recognize "Lakewood Reads" as a City -wide event and to encourage participation by all Lakewood residents this summer. WHEREAS, Lakewood High School and Lakewood Public Library have teamed up once again to create the "Lakewood Reads" program to engage our entire community in celebrating literacy by reading a book together; and WHEREAS, Lakewood High School has selected Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change by Elizabeth Kolbert as this year's official "Lakewood Reads" community reading book; and WHEREAS, the book attempts to bring attention to the causes and effects of global climate change. Lakewood High School will host a community discussion of the book at the library — including the results of work done by students in math, science, and other classes at the high school, and WHEREAS, such dedication to establishing a successful community -wide program should be recognized in a proper and fitting manner; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That Lakewood City Council officially recognizes "Lakewood Reads" as an important community program and further that this Council encourages all members of the Lakewood community to join in reading the book Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change by Elizabeth Kolbert in this summer of 2016. Section 2. That the Clerk of Council be and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a certified copy of this Resolution to Mr. Peter Petto of the Lakewood High School Mathematics Departmer�� Adopted: 1 , Zo, &i6- Approved: 2 Z 0 l