[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 135 (Thursday, September 26, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1724]
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IN HONOR OF LILLIAN CARINE: AN OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY ACTIVIST MAKING A 
                DIFFERENCE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF BAYONNE

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                          HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 26, 1996

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Lillian 
Carine, a dedicated community activist who has made a significant 
difference in the lives of my constituents in Bayonne. Mrs. Carine will 
be honored at the seventh annual Italian American Heritage Award dinner 
dance on September 28, 1996, at the F.A. Mackenzie Post in Bayonne.
  Family has played a major role in our esteemed honoree's life. Mrs. 
Carine was born to Sicilian immigrants, Josephine and Nicola Alessi, on 
July 21, 1911, in Bayonne where she still lives. Alessi married 
Nicholas Carine on April 11, 1932. Their joyful union, which lasted 57 
years until Nicholas' passing in 1989, produced two children, Frank and 
Rosalie, seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
  Competence and compassion are invaluable words to one who seeks to 
describe Mrs. Carine. This selfless individual's tradition of community 
involvement began under the influence of her mother who put her on a 
``trolley track'' of service to others from which Mrs. Carine has yet 
to disembark. Along the way, there have been a number of stations which 
Mrs. Carine's trolley has passed through, including the Bayonne Board 
of Education to which she was elected twice, the Hudson County Juvenile 
Conference Committee and the Bayonne Child Abuse Prevention Council.
  Additionally, Mrs. Carine is a founding member of the Sons of Italy, 
Father Del Monte Lodge 2560, a member of the selection panel of the 
Holocaust Memorial Committee of Bayonne, and a member of the Bayonne 
Visiting Nurse Association board of directors.
  Senior citizens and their concerns have interested Mrs. Carine for a 
long time. She is the producer and host of a local cable television 
show called ``Sixty Plus'' geared toward senior citizens, relating 
information useful to seniors in their everyday lives. The Vial of Life 
program was an especially gratifying milestone in Mrs. Carine's chosen 
vocation. It provides seniors with information important to meet their 
health care needs.
  It is an honor to have such an empathetic individual residing in my 
district. Mrs. Carine's performance of her civic duties is an example 
for everyone to emulate. I am certain that my colleagues will rise with 
me to honor this exceptional woman.

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