[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 45 (Thursday, March 28, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E481]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    IN RECOGNITION OF ARLENE GIBEAU

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                            HON. JIM BUNNING

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 28, 1996

  Mr. BUNNING of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this 
opportunity to recognize the fine efforts of one of my constituents, 
Arlene Gibeau of Covington, KY.
  In northern Kentucky, Arlene's name is synonymous with the arts. For 
the last 13 years, she has served with distinction as a volunteer and 
then executive director of the Northern Arts Council. Through her 
dynamism and determination, she has helped build the council and its 
home, the Carnegie Center for the Arts, into the most respected 
showcase for the arts and culture in the Cincinnati area.
  Along with all of her other activities, Arlene has also managed to 
find time to help run our Artistic Discovery Competition in the Fourth 
District. Every year she has always done a first-rate job, and I have 
no idea how we could have done it without her.
  A dancer and musician, Arlene came from an artistic family. She 
established her own dance company at the age of 14 and ran it until 
World War II broke out. Widowed by the war, she raised her two 
daughters on her own until she remarried 3 years later. She eventually 
had two more daughters and a son.
  Her children carry her love of culture. Two of her daughters are 
writers and one son works in movies. A granddaughter performs as a 
Shakespearian actress.
  As an artist, Arlene's greatest strength has always been her 
determination that no student should be deprived of the joy of learning 
about the arts. When she worked at the Carnegie Center, she organized 
arts programs for children that really made a difference in many young 
lives. Over the years, word spread and kids literally walked in off the 
street. Arlene always found for each youngster an art project to help 
teach and enhance their lives.
  Being married to an artist myself, I think that I understand some of 
Arlene's passion for culture and how the arts can enrich our lives. She 
has helped make our corner of the world more beautiful and enjoyable.
  She has made a difference.
  Mr. Speaker, Arlene Gibeau deserves our recognition and respect for 
all of her efforts on behalf of the arts. I know that the city of 
Covington and northern Kentucky are certainly all the more rich because 
of her good works.

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