[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 138 (Monday, September 30, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1821-E1822]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL AND CONNIE COLLIER

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                            HON. BILL BAKER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Saturday, September 28, 1996

  Mr. BAKER of California. Mr. Speaker, Michael and Connie Collier are 
a remarkable couple in the community of Lafayette, CA, who recently 
were named Lafayette's Citizens of the Year for 1996.
  The Colliers are a living testament to the value of voluntarism and 
commitment to community. Michael, a commercial architect, has been 
instrumental in enhancing the quality of life for all East Bay 
residents as a member of Lafayette's Design Review Commission and also 
the city's Planning Commission. In 1990, he joined the Parkland Blue 
Ribbon Task Force and is currently president of the Lafayette Community 
Parklands Foundation. The foundation has raised $115,000 for parks in 
Lafayette and most recently was instrumental in developing the new 68-
acre Lafayette Park.
  Connie's service is no less outstanding. Currently the fundraising 
chair for the Lafayette Arts and Sciences Foundation, an education-
oriented outreach designed to enhance the quality of youth education, 
she has helped raise $120,000 for local schools through the sale of the 
``Lafayette Cookbook Collection'', which recently was reprinted. 
Connie's winning the Citizen of the Year honor is also something of a 
family tradition. Her father, Ed Stokes, was given the same award for 
his own fine civic work in 1976.

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  The Colliers are the proud parents of two wonderful children, Daniel, 
age 14, and Katie, age 12. The Colliers represent citizenship at its 
best, and I am pleased to recognize these fine Americans in the pages 
of the Congressional Record.

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