Office of the Mayor
Proclamation
Lawrence, Kansas
WHEREAS: Wellness is defined by The Creating Wellness Alliance as the degree to which an individual experiences health and vitality in any dimension of life; and
WHEREAS: The United States Department of Health and Human Services “recognizes the enormous benefit that leading a healthy lifestyle can have on the health of individuals and the nation as a whole”; and
WHEREAS: The nerve system composed of the brain, the spinal cord and the corresponding spinal nerves controls and coordinates all body functions and expressions of general health; and
WHEREAS: The nerve system is protected by the bony spinal column (vertebral column) which requires proper alignment and mobility for the nerve system and the entire body to function as a self healing and self regulating organism ; and
WHEREAS: It is understood and proven that physical, psychological and bio-chemical dimensions of stress alter proper spinal alignment and mobility of the bony spinal system resulting in vertebral subluxation, disturbing normal nerve function, with resultant adverse effects on body function, wellness and health expressions, regardless of the presence or absence of symptoms;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Dennis “Boog” Highberger, Mayor of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, do hereby proclaim October 9 – 15, 2005 to be
October 4, 2005