[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 153 (Thursday, September 28, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1863]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                TRIBUTE TO ED WUJEK AND LARRY CALCATERRA

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                          HON. DAVID E. BONIOR

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 28, 1995

  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, the March of Dimes is an organization with a 
noble mission: To fight birth defects and childhood diseases. We all 
share the March of Dimes dream which is that every child should have 
the opportunity to live a healthy life.
  For the past 12 years, the Southeast Michigan Chapter of the March of 
Dimes Birth Defects Foundation has honored several Macomb County 
residents who are outstanding members of our community and have helped 
in the campaign for healthier babies. This evening, the chapter will be 
hosting the 12 annual ``Alexander Macomb Citizen of the Year'' award 
dinner. The award, instituted in 1984, is named after my home county's 
namesake, Gen. Alexander Mecomb, a hero of the War of 1812.
  This year, the March of Dimes has chosen Ed Wujek and Larry 
Calcaterra as recipients of the ``Family of the Year'' award. The 
Wujek-Calcaterra family has operated a funeral home in Macomb County 
for more than 10 years. Both families have been in the business since 
the early 1900's. As everyone knows, their business involves caring for 
people during what is often the most difficult point in people's lives. 
When they are not helping meet the needs of the grieving, the Wujek-
Calcaterra family can be counted on to devote time and money to 
numerous charitable and civic groups including the Boy and Girl Scouts, 
churches, hospitals, and of course, the March of Dimes.
  Dr. Jonas Salk's polio vaccine is just one of the more famous 
breakthroughs that would not have been possible without March of Dimes 
research funding. And, without people like Ed Wujek and Larry 
Calcaterra and their families the job of protecting babies would be 
that much more difficult.
  I applaud the Southeast Michigan Chapter of the March of Dimes and Ed 
Wujek and Larry Calcaterra for their leadership, advocacy, and 
community service. I am sure that the Wujek and Calcaterra families are 
honored by the recognition and I urge my colleagues to join me in 
saluting them as the 1995 recipients of the ``Alexander Macomb Family 
of the Year Award.''

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