[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 31 (Friday, March 18, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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          CONGRATULATIONS TO J. PATRICK ABULENCIA, EAGLE SCOUT

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                         HON. THOMAS J. MANTON

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, March 18, 1994

  Mr. MANTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate J. Patrick 
Abulencia for achieving the most prestigious honor in Scouting, 
becoming an Eagle Scout. He is from Jackson Heights, NY, located in the 
Seventh Congressional District which I have the pleasure of 
representing. Patrick will be recognized for this accomplishment on 
March 20, 1994 at 3 p.m. in Jackson Heights.
  Patrick has worked very hard to achieve the honor of becoming an 
Eagle Scout. These include being a reporter in his parish newspaper, 
the Tidings, playing baseball, taking part in Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts 
as well as being a peer counselor. He also was a tutor, a church lector 
at Our Lady of Fatima Church and he was a member of the Columbian 
Squires at the Knights of Columbus. In addition, he took part in a 
summer research internship at Polytechnic University called the YES 
Program.
  Along with these diverse accomplishments, Patrick has accumulated a 
number of prestigious awards and honors. These include being on the 
principal's list at Our Lady of Fatima and St. Francis Preparatory 
School, class president at Our Lady of Fatima and receiving the Gonzalo 
Tesoriero Scholarship at Our Lady of Fatima. In addition, he was a 
member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish National Honor 
Society at St. Francis Preparatory School. He was also the recipient of 
the Manhattan College Presidential Scholarship. He is currently a full 
time freshman at Manhattan College majoring in Chemical Engineering and 
later hopes to become a doctor.
  Mr. Speaker, Patrick well illustrates all the elements necessary for 
an individual to become an Eagle Scout. With his broad range of 
activities, he is a role model not only to his country and the Scouting 
community, but to his friends and family as well. I know my colleagues 
join me in congratulating J. Patrick Abulencia on this very special 
day.

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