June 18, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1013 community activist in her South Sacramento semifinals, the furthest the team has ever Day Without Hunger. Over the past thirty neighborhood. Outside of elected office, she gone in playoffs. To be named the 4A Out- years, the Loaves & Fishes team has been spent twenty-two years working for Unilab standing Coach of the Year in Texas recog- committed to providing a hand up to those Medical Laboratories and Pacific Bell. Council- nizes more than just her success on the court. most in need in DuPage County with food as- woman Pannell was elected to the Sac- As a former high school and college basket- sistance and other services. ramento City Council in June of 1998, suc- ball player, I know what a difference an out- This organization has grown exponentially in ceeding her late husband, Samuel Pannell. As standing coach can make in a player’s life. size and scope in order to realize their vision a Councilwoman, she has been re-elected to Looking back on it now, I know it wasn’t our of ending hunger in DuPage County. In 1984, four-year terms in 2000, 2004, 2008 and again record that was most important, it was the les- the year of their founding, the Loaves & in 2012. She served as the City of Sac- sons I learned from playing the game. Coach Fishes team assisted eight households in the ramento’s Vice Mayor in 2001 and served with Fields just finished her 18th year at Terry High Naperville area, providing them with food to distinction for multiple years on the Board of School in Rosenberg, Texas. She has been sustain their families. Today, Loaves & Fishes Directors of the Sacramento Area Flood Cen- teaching and coaching for 23 years. Congratu- has expanded to serve all of DuPage County, tral Agency, Sacramento Regional Transit Dis- lations to Coach Fields on this recognition and helping thousands of families. Last year alone, trict and with a number of other special agen- thank you for your dedication to the Lady Loaves & Fishes distributed over 3,200,000 cies. Rangers Basketball team. pounds of food, serving 18,564 individuals. I have had the distinct pleasure of working f The Loaves & Fishes team has helped closely with Councilwoman Pannell to ensure close the gap for children who rely on school the that South Sacramento Streams Group RECOGNIZING DR. STANLEY food services. Since 2004, they have assisted flood protection project gets completed and CAHILL with school nutrition programs, ensuring that expensive flood insurance is no longer manda- Naperville students get meals during the sum- tory for our shared constituents. An unwaver- HON. JOHN F. TIERNEY mer months. Additionally, breakfast assistance ing champion of public transportation, Council- OF MASSACHUSETTS programs which they support give students a woman Pannell’s steadfast support for the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES proper meal to start the school day. light rail extension to Cosumnes River College Wednesday, June 18, 2014 In addition to food assistance, Loaves & Fishes has expanded to do even more to sup- has helped make that project a reality and it Mr. TIERNEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to port the community. Since 2011, Loaves & will be completed by September of next year. recognize Dr. Stanley Cahill for his 28 years of Councilwoman Pannell represented the City Fishes has supported Pathways to Empower- service at Salem State University, in Salem, of Sacramento well, serving the communities ment programs which provide assistance with Massachusetts, and to congratulate him on his of Meadowview, Parkway, North Laguna various services, from health care enrollment retirement. Creek, and Jacinto Creek. Her priorities in- Since 1986, Dr. Cahill has served the stu- to support in starting a job search. cluded economic development, education and dents and broader community at Salem State The Loaves & Fishes team not only pro- recreational programs for her constituents, as University. He joined the university as the vides food for those in need, but they also well as a steadfast commitment to create safer Dean of Student Life where he created the provide an opportunity for individuals to serve neighborhoods. Councilwoman Pannell was university’s first professional student affairs their friends and neighbors by volunteering. able to bring to her community the Valley Hi- program and laid the foundation for the pro- Truly, this organization empowers both recipi- North Laguna Library, which opened in 2009. gram that exists today. ents and volunteers. The beautiful full-service library has brought Most recently, Dr. Cahill served as the Uni- Today, I am proud to recognize Loaves & high-tech services and additional educational versity’s Executive Vice President. In this role, Fishes for the invaluable service the organiza- opportunities to a part of Sacramento that long he led the university’s enterprise risk manage- tion has provided and the thousands of lives had been underserved. ment program and coordinated the majority of they have touched. She also helped turn around the neighbor- university contracts and memoranda of under- f hood of Franklin Villa, and saw it transformed standing between the university and other HONORING BLANCHE IONE JONES into Phoenix Park. Councilwoman Pannell has agencies with which the university collabo- always put her constituents first and her rates. record of accomplishments is long and will not It is not surprising that after nearly three HON. BARBARA LEE be forgotten. It is very fitting that to mark her decades with the university, Dr. Cahill has be- OF CALIFORNIA retirement from the City Council that her col- come well known to many in the Salem com- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES leagues have voted to rename Meadowview munity. He has fostered relationships with Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Community Center in honor of her and her local officials and university neighbors and Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise late husband. strengthened the partnership between the uni- Mr. Speaker, as Councilwoman Bonnie today to honor the remarkable life of Mrs. versity and the City of Salem. Blanche Ione Jones, a loving and compas- Pannell’s family, friends, and colleagues gath- Dr. Cahill served Salem State University at sionate parent, sister, aunt and friend to many er to commemorate her for her service to the a time of dynamic growth and increased diver- throughout the country, and particularly in people of Sacramento, I ask my colleagues to sity, and he had a decidedly positive influence Jackson and Detroit, Michigan. I am joined in join me in acknowledging this dedicated public on the institution’s growth and enhanced rep- this tribute by Representative JOHN CONYERS servant, and true partner of mine, for helping utation. On a personal note, and as one who of Michigan. Mrs. Jones was a strong, kind make Sacramento a better place for families is a Salem State alumnus and former trustee, and gentle woman who cared for others and to live and prosper. I add my appreciation for all that Dr. Cahill has deeply loved her family and community. With f done for the university and the surrounding her passing on June 11, 2014, we look to her communities. LADY RANGERS BASKETBALL contributions to others, both big and small and Dr. Cahill has had a remarkable career in COACH WINS TOP STATE AWARD remember her with great joy. higher education that has spanned more than Blanche Jones graduated from Jackson 40 years and four universities and colleges. I High School in Jackson, Michigan in 1949. HON. PETE OLSON congratulate Stan on this achievement and She continued her education at Jackson Jun- OF TEXAS wish him all the best in his retirement. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ior College and received the Associate of Arts f Degree from Mercy College in Detroit, Michi- Wednesday, June 18, 2014 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF LOAVES & gan. Following graduation she became a den- Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to FISHES tal hygienist for her cousin, Dr. Archie Millben, recognize Melissa Fields, the Terry High Sr., then the first and only African American School Lady Rangers basketball coach, who HON. BILL FOSTER dentist in Jackson, Michigan. was named the 2014 4A Outstanding Coach OF ILLINOIS In 1958 she met and married Mr. George of the Year in Texas. Coach Fields received W. Jones, Jr. and moved to Detroit. Blanche IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Dean Weese Outstanding Coach Award Jones demonstrated on a daily basis, her from the Texas Association of Basketball Wednesday, June 18, 2014 compassion and devotion to her late husband Coaches. The Lady Rangers were 22–10 on Mr. FOSTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to of 34 years and their children. She admired the season and reached the regional recognize the Loaves & Fishes 7th annual and was especially proud that her cousin, Dr. VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:49 Jun 19, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A18JN8.012 E18JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVNPROD with REMARKS E1014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 18, 2014 Ethelene Jones-Crockett, Michigan’s first fe- Congresswoman GLORIA NEGRETE MCLEOD, state and his country with integrity and respect male African-American obstetrician and gyne- Congressman GEORGE MILLER, Congress- for building the politics of trust. We extend our cologist—who was also the wife of former woman GRACE NAPOLITANO, Congresswoman condolences to his brother Jim Vasconcellos, Congressman George W. Crockett, Jr.—deliv- NANCY PELOSI, Congressman SCOTT PETERS, his sister Margaret Brindle, his niece Beth ered her youngest three children. Congresswoman LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, Brindle, his Hawaiian family, including his cho- Mrs. Jones devoted her career at Detroit Congressman RAUL RUIZ, Congressman ADAM sen son Mitch Saunders, his daughter-in-law Public Schools as a para-professional teach- SCHIFF, Congressman BRAD SHERMAN, Con- Cindy and his two beloved grandchildren ing assistant to ensuring that all children have gresswoman JACKIE SPEIER, Congressman Megan and Briana, as well as his devoted the opportunity to receive a quality education.