[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 511 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 511

   Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to Inez Sitter.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 7, 2004

   Mr. Carson of Oklahoma (for himself, Mr. Cole, and Mr. Sullivan) 
 submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to 
                       the Committee on Resources

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to Inez Sitter.

Whereas the United States, and subsequently the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, have 
        operated the Jones Academy for more than 100 years in Hartshorne, 
        Oklahoma, a facility that has provided residential services to 
        predominately at-risk children from more than 20 Indian tribes 
        throughout the United States who were in attendance in local, public 
        school academic classes since 1952;
Whereas for approximately half that time, Mrs. Inez Sitter has been a vital part 
        of that school and its efforts to educate American Indian children;
Whereas Mrs. Sitter came to the school in an administrative post in March 1944 
        and progressed through various capacities to become the Administrative 
        Assistant at the school;
Whereas Mrs. Sitter was a member of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and formally 
        retired from the Bureau in 1983, after 39 years of service;
Whereas Mrs. Sitter immediately thereafter assumed the positions as the Study 
        Hall and Tutorial Coordinator for Jones Academy, the Library Services 
        Coordinator, and the Director of the critically important Foster 
        Grandparents program at the school, positions she has held to this day;
Whereas Mrs. Sitter, who is a member of many civic organizations, including the 
        Hartshorne Edgewood United Methodist Church, the Daughters of the 
        American Revolution, and the American Legion Auxiliary, is known 
        throughout the community for her additional work with students, 
        including mentoring, tutoring, and preparation of homework and term 
        assignments;
Whereas she gained a position as an advocate for the children of Jones Academy 
        and the de facto position of liaison with the local public school in 
        Hartshorne for her work;
Whereas Mrs. Sitter, who once resided with her family on campus, became a 
        surrogate parent for hundreds of children at Jones Academy;
Whereas Mrs. Sitter has been described by a colleague as ``87 years young, and 
        only 95 pounds, but with 60 years of service to the children of Jones 
        Academy and the people of Hartshorne, the State of Oklahoma, and these 
        United States''; and
Whereas the Bureau of Indian Affairs, recognizing her selfless and outstanding 
        contributions, awarded Mrs. Sitter its Lifetime Achievement Award, 
        presented by Assistant Secretary David Anderson on August 3, 2004: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),  
That the House of Representatives commends Mrs. Inez Sitter for her 
outstanding service to the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, the State of 
Oklahoma, and the United States.
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