[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 75 (Saturday, May 26, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E987]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   HONORING RICHARD AND BARBARA SKLAR

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                           HON. NANCY PELOSI

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 25, 2001

  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, next week my constituents in San Francisco 
are gathering to celebrate the homecoming of two very special people, 
Richard and Barbara Sklar. Ambassador Richard Sklar returns to San 
Francisco from 5 years in Southeastern Europe where he coordinated 
programs with the European Union, World Bank, IMF and other donor 
countries to promote the economic reconstruction and strategic reform 
of eight Balkan countries. Now home in San Francisco, Richard will 
oversee the building of new energy plants for the State of California 
and build a private international mediation program.
  Barbara Sklar, an accomplished artist for the past 35 years, has 
shown her work in galleries and group shows from New York to 
California. For the past five years, Barbara has worked in Bosnia, New 
York and Rome, and has exhibited her work from Florence to Sarajevo. An 
accredited specialist on aging, Barbara has shared her expertise the 
several Bay Area communities through her service at the Mt. Zion 
Hospital in San Francisco.
  Richard and Barbara Sklar are being honored May 30, 2001 by San 
Francisco's Delancey Street Foundation, a residential rehabilitation 
community that provides housing and training to thousands of ex-
convicts and recovering addicts at no cost to the client or taxpayers. 
At that time, Delancey Street's Crossroads Cafe will show Barbara's 
watercolor exhibit ``Round Trip,'' a portion of the proceeds of which 
will assist in making it possible for hundreds of people to be trained 
in the hospitality field.
  The Sklar's service to our country and our community is indeed a 
cause for celebration.

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