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THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
RESOLUTION NO. 729
The City Council of The City of Seward, Alaska, being fully aware of and reCog-
nizing the problems of Alcoholism appointed a committee of local residents to
study and make recommended possible legislative action along with local and
state programming which would perhaps assist in resolving certain alcoholism
prOblems within the State.
The committee after many hours of study and consideration submitted their
report to the City Council and urged that their resolutions be adopted as the first
move in alleviating alcoholism problems within Alaska and the area.
RESOLUTION NO.1 SUBMITTED BY STEERING COMMITTEE ON ALCOHOLISM;
WHER EAS: the key to the eradication or at least the control of the problems of
alcoholism and the misuses and abuses inherent in the uses of alcoholic beverages
lie in the education of all members of our society; and
WHEREAS: such education in the past has been more a hit-aDd-miss affair rather
than a carefully planned program designed to succeed,
BE IT RESOLVED: that the Seward City Council work closely with the State
Department of Health, the State Steering Committee on Alcoholism, the State
Department of Education and the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Admin-
istration and its representatives in the formulation of a program for educating
our youth and their parents with all facets of the problem of alcoholism and
suggest the following guide line for such cooperation~
That resource teachers or other personnel working within such
program receive special training in all facets of alcoholism and that
such personnel be carefully screened for competency and for absence
of personal bias. That the process of educating our youth begin now at
grade four (4) and encompass all students through grade twelve (12) on
a saturation basis.
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That the education program be carefully planned and tully imple-
mented.
That a program for adults of the Borough be instituted at the same
time and in conjunction with the school program. That the governmental
agencies involved seek technical aid and funding grants from the National
Mental Health Association, from drug companies, and from all other
sources showing a concern for this problem. That financial considera-
tion for such a program take a subservient position to the need of society.
2 8 day of
OCT
, 1968,
PASSED AND APPR OVED this
by the City Council of The City of Seward, Alaska.
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Mayor
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