[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 138 (Saturday, October 28, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1995]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING BOB AND JANET HENKE

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                        HON. GRACE F. NAPOLITANO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 27, 2000

  Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, I am honored today to recognize two of 
my constituents Bob and Janet Henke of Whittier recipients of 
``Whittier 2000 Good Scout of the Year Awards'' for over eighty years 
of combined service to our community.
  Bob Henke was born in Peking to parents who had dedicated their lives 
as medical missionaries. The family stayed in China until the Communist 
Revolution. Upon returning to the United States, Bob found a similar 
people-oriented calling as an educator.
  Bob met his future wife Janet at Oberlin College in Ohio, the first 
co-educational college in the country and married her in 1952. Moving 
to Whittier in 1955, Bob worked as a teacher for the Montebello Unified 
School District from 1955 until 1991 and with his wife raised five 
children. In 1980 he was named Montebello High School's favorite 
teacher.
  Janet Henke, also an educator, has always found time for her 
community. She served sixteen years on the Whittier City School Board 
retiring in 1989. Three years later in 1992 she successfully ran for a 
vacant seat on the Whittier City Council. Janet served on the City 
Council until this year, including a term as Mayor of the City of 
Whittier from 1996 to 1997.
  Bob and Janet Henke are now both retired and enjoying the rewards of 
a lifetime of hard work and service. They now spend much of their time 
with their seven grandchildren and are in the process of writing their 
memoirs. Janet says ``I have written 120 pages and I'm not even ten 
years old yet.''
  Mr. Speaker, I would like my colleagues to join me and the Whittier 
Boy Scouts in honoring Bob and Janet Henke for their numerous 
accomplishments and civic pride. They are true public servants and the 
best of America.

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