[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 83 (Tuesday, June 23, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H4971]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              THE RENOVATION OF LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

  (Mr. ROEMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROEMER. Mr. Speaker, Robert F. Kennedy once said when one of us 
prospers, all of us prosper, and where one of us falters, so do we all.
  Over the weekend in my hometown of South Bend, Indiana, we all 
succeeded and prospered. That is because our local community came 
together. Inspired by former coach Digger Phelps, the Rotary club 
organized a renovation of a local school. We raised $200,000. J.V. 
Peacock and Tom Forsey did all the organization with this local Rotary 
Club, and 700 volunteers descended on a school to renovate, refresh and 
renew a local school.
  I commend my local community for this modern-day old fashioned barn 
raising or refreshing of a local school, I commend this effort at the 
local community and give them all the credit in the world. This was not 
a Federal program, this was locally driven, and I hope many other 
school districts and congressional communities will replicate this fine 
example of local commitment to our public education system.

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