WHEREAS, the citizens of Idaho are firmly committed to promoting reading as the catalyst for our students’ future academic success, their preparation for America’s jobs of the future and their ability to compete in a global economy; and

        WHEREAS, it is the responsibility of community and state officials to provide significant leadership in the area of community involvement in the education of our youth, grounded in the principle that educational investment is key to the community’s well-being and long-term quality of life; and

        WHEREAS, the “Read Across America” program, a national celebration of Dr. Seuss’s 103^rd birthday on March 2, 2007, promotes reading and adult involvement in the education of our community’s students;

        NOW, THEREFORE, I, C.L. “BUTCH” OTTER, Governor of the State of Idaho, do hereby proclaim March 2, 2007, to be

READ  ACROSS  AMERICA  DAY

in Idaho.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho at the Capitol in Boise on this 7^th day of February in the year of our Lord two-thousand and seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred thirty-first and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred seventeenth.       

BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE