December 10, 2008 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS, Vol. 154, Pt. 18 24679 to serve the community of St. Croix, U.S. Vir- HONORING DAVID MICHAEL have helped countless Latinos become an in- gin Islands. LEININGER tegral part of our city. He should serve as an Holy Ghost Deliverance Ministries Inc. held example to community leaders everywhere. a groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday, No- HON. f vember 29, 2008 to commemorate the con- OF struction of a new 7,000-seat sanctuary in Es- TRIBUTE TO HCCC MEN’S SOCCER IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tate Barren Spot, St. Croix, which will be TEAM called the City of Refuge. Wednesday, December 10, 2008 The sanctuary is being built to serve all citi- Mr. GRAVES. Madam Speaker, I proudly HON. MICHAEL A. ARCURI zens of the entire Virgin Islands, and I would pause to recognize David Michael Leininger of OF like to commend Senior Pastor Mona L. Riverside, Missouri. David is a very special IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Barnes, Apostle Eleanor A. Estrada, and the young man who has exemplified the finest Wednesday, December 10, 2008 congregation of Holy Ghost Deliverance Min- qualities of citizenship and leadership by tak- istries for their vision and enduring passion for ing an active part in the Boy Scouts of Amer- Mr. ARCURI. Madam Speaker, I rise today serving our community. ica, Troop 1495, and earning the most pres- in recognition of the Herkimer County Commu- The church is currently building an inde- nity College, HCCC, Men’s Soccer Team in pendent living complex to provide much-need- tigious award of Eagle Scout. David has been very active with his troop, my congressional district in Upstate New York. ed housing for our elderly population. Four- This year, the team won the National Junior teen of the 48 units being built will soon be participating in many Scout activities. Over the many years David has been involved with College Athletic Association, NJCAA, Division dedicated and ready for occupancy. III National Soccer Championship. Herkimer Holy Ghost Deliverance Ministries com- Scouting, he has not only earned numerous defeated Triton College 2–1 on November 9 at pleted in 2001 the construction of a multipur- merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- the tournament hosted by Richland College in pose gymnasium, which now serves as their ily, peers, and community. interim sanctuary. The church continues to Madam Speaker, I proudly ask you to join Dallas, Texas. The victory marks the HCCC provide programs that serve at-risk youth, par- me in commending David Michael Leininger Generals’ seventh NJCAA Division III National ticularly our young men. for his accomplishments with the Boy Scouts Championship in soccer and the 31st team The years of hard work and dedication to of America and for his efforts put forth in National Championship for all of the school’s having this sanctuary built is a true testament achieving the highest distinction of Eagle athletic programs. to the perseverance of the leadership and Scout. HCCC finished with a record of 20 wins. 3 congregation of Holy Ghost Deliverance Min- f losses and 0 ties. Over its history, the team istries, their faith, and their unwavering convic- has amassed a total record of 472 wins, 75 tion and belief that with God, all things are IN HONOR OF MARCO DOMINGUEZ, losses and 26 ties. Four student athletes were possible. STATION MANAGER OF WIIH- named to the Final Four All-Tournament Madam Speaker and colleagues, I extend UNIVISION FOR INDIANA Team. They include Demetrius Lawrence of best wishes and God’s blessings to Holy Reading, England; Kariym Balthazar of Brook- Ghost Deliverance Ministries as they aim to HON. ANDRE´ CARSON lyn, New York; Sean Trinidad of White Plains, build the City of Refuge for the people of St. OF INDIANA New York; and James Taber of Liverpool, Croix. I am grateful for their dedication to serv- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES New York. Fellow team member Joeski Wil- ing God and the entire Virgin Islands commu- liams of Bronx, New York, was named the Wednesday, December 10, 2008 nity. tournament’s Most Valuable Player. f Mr. CARSON of Indiana. Madam Speaker, Five of the team’s players received the des- today I rise to honor Marco Dominguez, who ignation of All-Conference this season, and HONORING LIEUTENANT COLONEL as the station manager/anchor of WIIH- seniors Harry Appiah and Lee Martins were ANDREW W. BROWN, USAFR Univision for Indiana has become one of the named to the NJCAA All-American Team. most visible and influential advocates for the Martins was also named the 2008 National HON. W. TODD AKIN Latino community in Indianapolis. Soccer Coaches Association of America Jun- OF MISSOURI Marco began his Indiana broadcasting ca- ior College National Player of the Year, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES reer as the director of productions for WTBU, the 2008 NJCAA Region III and Mountain Val- Wednesday, December 10, 2008 Butler University’s television station, before ley Conference Player of the Year. Mr. AKIN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to moving to WIIH, Indiana’s only Spanish tele- The team’s coach, Pepe Aragon, was honor one of our brave men and women in vision station. Later, amid increasing racial named NJCAA National Coach of the Final uniform. LTC Andrew W. Brown, tensions, he founded Community Link, a pro- Four tournament after earning his 200th win Air Force Reserve, was inducted into the gram devoted to Latino and African American this season. In his 11 seasons coaching the Parkway Alumni Association Hall of Fame in news. This program has helped to bring team, Aragon has amassed a record of 203 St. Louis on November 15, 2008. The Park- awareness to the needs and achievements of wins, 19 losses and 1 tie. For these impres- way School District is located in my district minorities and has improved relations across sive accomplishments, he was also inducted and Lieutenant Colonel Brown graduated from the city. In 2004, the United States Small into the NJCAA Hall of Fame. Parkway West High School in 1982. Business Administration recognized his suc- Madam Speaker, I am proud to represent Among the many career highlights that rec- cessful work on behalf of the Latino commu- the Herkimer County Community College ommended him for induction into the Parkway nity by nominating him for the Indiana Small Men’s Soccer Team and their coach. Pepe Ar- Hall of Fame is his service in Afghanistan. As Business Journalist of the Year Award. agon, who are to be commended for their a flight surgeon with the 455th Air Expedi- Marco’s advocacy expands beyond broad- great accomplishments. Please join me in con- tionary Wing, Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, casting. Having developed a reputation for gratulating the entire team on their victory. then Major Brown performed and assisted in service, he receives thousands of requests for f over 100 combat casualty surgeries and pro- assistance from the Indianapolis immigrant cedures from 22 April to 31 August 2005. community, which he diligently works to grant. REFLECTIONS ON THE LIFE OF Under severe time constraints and throughout Additionally, as an active member of organiza- NED LOOK—1917–2008 the day and night, his involvement saved the tions including the Indianapolis Press Club lives of numerous United States, Coalition, Af- Foundation, Better Business Bureau, United HON. EARL BLUMENAUER ghan Army and Police forces. Lieutenant Colo- Way Central Indiana Committee on Diversity, OF OREGON nel Brown was awarded the Meritorious Serv- Latino Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ice Medal on 17 April 2006 for this outstanding Violence, and the Indiana Minority Health Coa- Wednesday, December 10, 2008 achievement. lition, Marco provides a strong voice for the I am honored to represent Lieutenant Colo- needs of Latinos across Indianapolis. Mr. BLUMENAUER. Madam Speaker, I was nel Brown’s family in the United States Con- Today, I ask my colleagues to join me in introduced about 40 years ago to Ned Look. I gress and to honor him today. thanking Marco Dominguez, whose efforts was a college student at the time and we were

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CLAUDIA was well known in the Portland City Club and There simply are not a lot of people like Ned BURKE a leading member of the Portland Develop- in any city, nor have there ever been. ment Commission, spearheading redevelop- The sociologist Robert ment and the Civic Auditorium. He was a tire- Putnam wrote ‘‘Bowling Alone’’ a few years HON. DALE E. KILDEE less volunteer, somebody who drew strength ago, exploring changes in our society by ask- OF MICHIGAN from civic activities. He was a busy guy. At ing why, if there were more people bowling, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that time he was still a banker, but he had the there were fewer bowling leagues. His book Wednesday, December 10, 2008 time to sit down and talk through whatever got a lot of attention, and appropriately so. But was on your mind, giving you a sense of the his second book. ‘‘Better Together,’’ which fo- Mr. KILDEE. Madam Speaker, I ask the community’s vitality. It was a marvelous expe- cused on the resurgence of citizen participa- House of Representatives to join me in hon- rience for me, learning not just about a cam- tion, didn’t get quite the attention it deserved. oring Sister M. Claudia Burke as she retires to paign, but about the community I grew up in. He has a whole chapter about Portland; he the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor I found I didn’t really know much about my called it ‘‘The City that Meets.’’ Now, I know Motherhouse in Cincinnati. She has been a community until I had a chance to interact with that all this ‘‘meeting’’ drives many of you cornerstone of social services in my home- Ned. crazy—especially those of you who try to do town of Flint, Michigan since 1960. At that point, Portland had two big banks, business here or get anything done in civic or- Sister M. Claudia Burke entered the convent several corporate headquarters, a couple of ganizations—but we are inclusive, we reach on January 6, 1944. She attended Our Lady of timber companies and utilities. and a single out to one another, even as we work in dif- Cincinnati College, graduating in 1953, and phone company. ‘‘Tech’’ meant Tektronix. ferent patterns. These are the qualities Ned worked at Catholic Charities of Cincinnati. She There was a core of community members who Look expressed better than anybody I’ve ever was transferred to Catholic Social Services in made contributions, who moved with civic and met. Steubenville, Ohio and continued there pro- political activities; Portland even had two polit- For years. we’ve had a parade of people viding family and child welfare counseling. In ical parties at that point. Ned was conversant who come to Portland looking at what we do 1958 she was responsible for the foster care, and connected with them all. and how we do it: Portland State University, and supervision of 10 Hungarian refugee teen- A reformer, Ned was obsessed with the no- streetcars, land use, even bicycles. They see age boys. tion of coaxing more value out of government the development patterns that have strength- In 1960 Sister Claudia was transferred to investment. At that point, city-county consoli- ened our neighborhoods and restored vitality Flint, Michigan to work at Catholic Social Serv- dation was all the rage. It had happened in to our community. We can show them our ices. Since that time she has left Flint twice, other parts of the country—Indianapolis, Nash- plans and talk about our government struc- once to obtain her Master’s in Social Work de- ville, Davis—and Ned was part of the civic tures; we can talk about how we have con- gree from St. Louis University and a 1 year drumbeat that was going to bring city-county structed light rail and street car—but the single assignment in Cincinnati. She returned to Flint consolidation to Oregon. We were going to ingredient that is hard to express, the one that and continued her service to the people of take the largest city and the largest county in is more essential to that success than any- Genesee County. Oregon and merge them to create all this thing else, is our people. Ned was always Through her work at Holy Angels Convent extra efficiency. It was a brilliant plan sup- there, front and center at the City Club, ready and Catholic Social Services, Sister Claudia ported by all the powers that be and the news- to give me advice, whether I was speaking or recognized the need to help families facing dif- papers—and it lost two-to-one at the polls. But not. His antenna was always out; he was al- ficult economic circumstances. Known for her typical of Ned, he was convinced that some- ways gravitating toward conversation, eager to tenacity, Sister Claudia provided the unique thing else was at work here, that we could do be involved. Ned was the personification of leadership to organize Catholic Outreach to better. and he wasn’t going to give up. He was why, in the words of Professor Putnam, we’re respond to the need in the community. Count- part of the effort coming out of the City Club ‘‘better together.’’ less individuals have directly benefited from and other hopeless do-good organizations that Thank you, Ned. her hard work and devotion to the poor. Sup- envisioned and ultimately led to the creation of f ported through a variety of channels, Catholic Metro, the only directly elected regional gov- Outreach assists about 12,000 people a year ernment in the country—a one-of-a-kind idea HONORING WILLIAM FREDRICK and the number is growing. Though her re- that is so good that no one else in the United HENRY DUNKER sponsibilities as an administrator and fund- States has seen to replicate it in the last 30 raiser consumed most of her time in recent years. This was typical of Ned and his energy HON. SAM GRAVES years, Sister Claudia preferred to spend her and his involvement. OF MISSOURI time working directly with clients. She has Ned was always in the vanguard of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES said, ‘‘You can’t look at the face of poverty community foundation movement around the and not feel for people.’’ In addition to found- country. I had vaguely heard about community Wednesday, December 10, 2008 ing Catholic Outreach, Sister Claudia was also foundations from a friend of mine in Cleve- Mr. GRAVES. Madam Speaker, I proudly instrumental in creating the North End Soup land, Barbara Rossin, who helped set up the pause to recognize William Fredrick Henry Kitchen and the Displaced Workers Center. Cleveland Foundation. But it was Ned who Dunker of Parkville, Missouri. William is a very Madam Speaker, please join me in honoring made it happen in Oregon; it wasn’t just his special young man who has exemplified the Sister M. Claudia Burke. The Flint area is los- profession. it became part of the expression of finest qualities of citizenship and leadership by ing one of its truly great humanitarians. Sister who he was. It became larger than life. taking an active part in the Boy Scouts of Claudia has spent her life acknowledging the When I think about the changes that have America, Troop 1495, and earning the most needs of others and responding with selfless, taken place in our community in the last 40 prestigious award of Eagle Scout. caring love. Recognizing the divine in all hu- years. I recall that we didn’t have any orga- William has been very active with his troop, mans she lives the teaching contained in Mat- nizing principles then; we didn’t have large participating in many Scout activities. Over the thew 25:40, ‘‘Whatsoever you do to the least companies. But we were able to establish a many years William has been involved with of my people, that you do unto me.’’ Through framework in the community that encouraged Scouting, he has not only earned numerous the years Sister Claudia has been an inspir- people to get things done. We organized merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- ing, thought provoking, tireless laborer in the around a community foundation, but it went far ily, peers, and community. vineyard of Our Lord Jesus Christ. She has beyond that. Today, you see the evidence of Madam Speaker, I proudly ask you to join put her love into action and set an example for these efforts from the caliber of people are me in commending William Fredrick Henry the lives of those following in her footsteps. I much more connected and reaching out and Dunker for his accomplishments with the Boy know I am a better person for having known

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