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MEMORIAM FOR ANNA SUGI, COM- MCKEON and me in offering condolences to speak to me in the easy way which you al- MUNITY LEADER AND HEALTH her family, and in praising the life and legacy ways used to. Laugh as we always laughed at CARE VISIONARY of this community leader. the little jokes we enjoyed together. Play, f smile, think of me, pray for me. Let my name be the household word that it always was. Let HON. JERRY LEWIS PERSONAL EXPLANATION OF CALIFORNIA it be spoken without effort. Life means all that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES it has ever meant. It is the same as it ever HON. CATHY McMORRIS RODGERS was, there is absolutely unbroken continuity. Tuesday, December 21, 2010 OF WASHINGTON Why should I be out of your mind because I Mr. LEWIS of California. Madam Speaker, I IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES am out of your sight? I am but waiting for you, would like to join today with my friend and col- Tuesday, December 21, 2010 for an interval, somewhere very near, just league Congressman BUCK MCKEON in a me- around the corner. All is well. Nothing is past, moriam to Anna Sugi, a community leader and Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS. Madam nothing is lost. One brief moment and all will pioneering advocate for women’s health Speaker, on rollcall No. 652 on, H. Con. Res. be as it was before, only better, infinitely issues in her hometown of Apple Valley, Cali- 336, on Agreeing to the Resolution, Providing happier and forever—we will be one with God. fornia. Ms. Sugi passed away Dec. 16, but will for the sine die adjournment of the second f be long-remembered by her friends and sup- session of the One Hundred Eleventh Con- porters. gress, I am not recorded because I was ab- JEANETTE TRUJILLIO-LUCERO A native of Brindisi, Italy, Anna Sugi came sent because I gave birth to my baby daugh- to Apple Valley in 1982, when her husband ter. Had I been present, I would have voted HON. Ron Sugi was stationed at the former George ‘‘nay.’’ OF Air Force Base in California’s High Desert re- Madam Speaker, on rollcall No. 653 on, H. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gion. Res. 1776, on Agreeing to the Resolution, Tuesday, December 21, 2010 After an education in health care, Anna Sugi Providing for consideration of the joint resolu- took a job as an office clerk in a local medical tion making further continuing appropriations Mr. PERLMUTTER. Madam Speaker, I rise office. Over 20 years, she worked her way up for fiscal year 2011, and for other purposes, I today to honor and applaud Jeanette Trujillo- to become the chief administrative officer of am not recorded because I was absent be- Lucero for her outstanding service to our com- Choice Medical Group, a High Desert medical cause I gave birth to my baby daughter. Had munity. Jeanette has been committed to the preser- provider that has specialized in women’s I been present, I would have voted ‘‘nay.’’ vation of the cultural traditions of the Mexican health. Under her leadership, the group estab- Madam Speaker, on rollcall No. 654 on, and Spanish dance and music arts for its com- lished a Health and Wellness Center in 2008, H.R. 2142, on Motion to Suspend the Rules munity. She has strived to create an under- focusing on helping women through the proc- and Concur in the Senate Amendment, GPRA and appreciation of the Latino culture ess of aging. Modernization Act of 2010, I am not recorded Working to expand health outreach efforts to because I was absent because I gave birth to through educational programs and profes- the all members of the community, Anna Sugi my baby daughter. Had I been present, I sional performance. Jeanette founded the Colorado Fiesta in 2000 founded the Today’s Woman Expo. would have voted ‘‘nay.’’ Dance Company in 1972. Her Lakewood The first events drew a few hundred people Madam Speaker, on rollcall No. 655 on, based studio impacts over sixty thousand peo- for information on preventive health care and H.R. 5510, on Motion to Suspend the Rules ple through educational outreach and perform- providing tools to help women improve their and Pass, as Amended, Aiding Those Facing ances. Jeanette’s outreach programs include a lives and physical well-being. Foreclosure Act of 2010, I am not recorded full array of offerings tailor made for grades K– The event has grown tremendously, serving because I was absent because I gave birth to 12 where students discover the Hispanic arts more than 2,000 women annually in the past my baby daughter. Had I been present, I and come to understand the roots of the cul- few years. They are provided free breast would have voted ‘‘nay.’’ ture and its traditions. exams, career counseling and an expanding Madam Speaker, on rollcall No. 656 on, S. I extend my deepest congratulations to Jea- range of services. Today’s Woman is now a 3874, on Motion to Suspend the Rules and nette Trujillo-Lucero for her well deserved rec- non-profit foundation that provides health Pass, Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water ognition by the West Chamber serving Jeffer- screenings throughout the year and raises Act, I am not recorded because I was absent son County. I have no doubt she will exhibit funds for scholarships and grants to High because I gave birth to my baby daughter. the same dedication and character in all her Desert women. Had I been present, I would have voted ‘‘nay.’’ future accomplishments. Beyond her pioneering work with the Expo, f Anna Sugi has served on the Chamber of f Commerce Legislative Committee and is a 13- HONORING FERNANDO JOSE IN HONOR OF F. MIKE MILES year member of Rotary International Victorville MOLLEDA RAMIREZ Chapter. She has worked with High Desert HON. DOUG LAMBORN Resources Network on programs to fight child- HON. THOMAS S.P. PERRIELLO OF COLORADO hood obesity. She was honored in 2009 by the OF VIRGINIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Victorville Daily Press as one of the area’s IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Most Inspiring Women. Tuesday, December 21, 2010 Even as she became a leader in bringing Tuesday, December 21, 2010 Mr. LAMBORN. Madam Speaker, I rise women’s health care to the entire community, Mr. PERRIELLO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Mr. F. Mike Miles—the Super- Anna Sugi waged her own quiet battle against today in honor of Fernando Jose Molleda Ra- intendent of Harrison School District Two in breast cancer. Yet she continued working hard mirez, who was with us from December 21, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Mike is an inno- on expanding women’s health services until 1976 through August 22, 2008. vative educator who has brought sweeping dying peacefully at age 50. In addition to her Beloved son of Oscar and Elia Molleda; lov- changes to the students and teachers in his legacy of service, Ms. Sugi leaves a personal ing brother to Diego and Diana. You are dear- district. Our local newspaper, the Colorado legacy in her children, Mark and Michelle, who ly missed by your family and friends for the Springs Gazette notes, ‘‘local and state edu- will both graduate from UCLA Medical School profound way you touched our lives and al- cators are watching because Miles is in the in June and plan to continue her work in com- ways sought to bring out the best in us. Your vanguard of educators nationwide who are munity health. efforts will be long remembered and will con- using controversial techniques in an attempt to Madam Speaker, Anna Sugi was respected tinue to drive us in the future to exceed our turn around failing schools.’’ Most recently, and loved throughout the High Desert region. expectations of what we are capable of ac- Miles implemented the most rigorous and in- A group of physicians have already raised complishing. novative pay-for-performance plan in the Na- $35,000 for the Anna Sugi Endowment Fund I have only slipped away into the next room. tion. to provide scholarships for needy students. I Whatsoever we were to each other, that we Mike, who was born in the Panama Canal ask my colleagues to join Congressman are still. Call me by my old familiar name, Zone, was one of eight children born to retired

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