[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 69 (Thursday, May 16, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E835]
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                     SIXTH ANNUAL HONOREES BANQUET

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                           HON. MARCY KAPTUR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 16, 1996

  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, this Sunday, May 19, the Interracial 
Religious Coalition in my community will hold its Sixth Annual Honorees 
Banquet at the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo. The coalition is to be 
commended for its celebration of interracial and interreligious harmony 
and unity.
  Four individuals who have contributed to the quality of community 
relations in our city will be honored at the banquet, Rev. Claude 
Christopher, pastor of St. Paul AME Zion Church; Joan Coleman, Toledo 
city councilwoman; Rev. Martin Donnelly, pastor of St. Martin DePorres; 
and Larry Sykes, division of business development and retail lending, 
Fifth Third Bank.
  I also rise to commend the coalition for passing a recent resolution 
in response to current strife and loss of life in Lebanon:

       Be it resolved that the Interracial Religious Coalition 
     called upon its Members to pray for peace in the Middle East, 
     pray for those who have lost their lives in the strife, and 
     to ask our government to stop the bombing on both sides and 
     continue the pursuit of peace.

  The diplomats of Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and France brought together 
by the Clinton administration in Washington, DC, to arrange for 
monitoring of the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas 
would do well to follow their lead.

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