[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 114 (Wednesday, September 5, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1571]
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                        HONORING HELEN SHORROCK

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                            HON. LOIS CAPPS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, September 5, 2001

  Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend the life of a former 
constituent, Helen Shorrock, who passed from this life August 3, 2001 
in Claremount, California. Helen led an exemplary life and died 
surrounded by her loving family.
  Mrs. Shorrock will long be remembered for many reasons. She was an 
early student of theology and was ordained in an era when few women 
entered Christian ministry. She and her husband raised a remarkable 
family. And, having spent many years in Japan, she and her husband 
developed strong ties to the culture and built many bridges of 
understanding, especially in the area of higher education.
  But I rise to honor the legacy of Helen Shorrock as an exemplary 
teacher and educator in the public schools of my Congressional 
District, in Santa Barbara, California. In particular she will be 
remembered for establishing a School-Age Parenting and Infant 
Development program at Santa Barbara High School. This program is 
called the PACE Center (Parent and Child Enrichment Program) and it has 
significantly impacted the lives of hundreds of teenagers and their 
children in our community.
  Mr. Speaker, in the years proceeding my becoming a Member of 
Congress, I succeeded Helen Shorrock as Director of the PACE Center. I 
know very well the quality of the program she developed and know 
firsthand the lives that were forever changed in such a positive 
direction. With loving skill she established the highest level of 
prenatal care, educational goals and a child development center of 
exceptional quality.
  As a result, healthy babies were born, parenting skills were taught, 
and teen parents not only stayed in school but graduated and, in record 
numbers, went on to college and careers. What Helen Shorrock began 
continues to be a model program. Her memory will long be honored by the 
productive lives of generations of students to come.

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