[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 61 (Tuesday, May 14, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E799-E800]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




HONORING THE MILPITAS ROTARY CLUB FOR 50 YEARS OF EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO 
                             THE COMMUNITY

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                        HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 14, 2002

  Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize The Milpitas Rotary 
Club on its 50th anniversary. For 50 years now, members of the Milpitas 
Rotary Club have committed themselves to serving the community, the 
country, and the world.
  The Rotary Club is a major force in the community and significantly 
improves the lives of children and families in Milpitas by sponsoring 
Interact Clubs at Milpitas and Calaveras Hills High Schools, granting 
both academic and technical scholarships, holding community events, and 
sending high school students to a week-long summer youth leadership 
training camp.
  The Milpitas Rotary Club's tradition of service began with its 
chartering on June 24,

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1952, at a dinner in St. John's Church Hall. Charter officers included 
President Joseph Gagliardo, Vice President Irving Crabb, Secretary 
William Barleson, Treasurer Thomas Cardoza, Sergeant-at-Arms Ray 
Madruga, and Charter Board Members Sal Cracolice, Ben Rodgers, and 
Clarence Smith.
  For years, the club held its meetings on Mondays at noon at the Cozy 
Kitchen on Main Street in Milpitas. In the 1980's, the Big Yellow House 
and Calamity Jane's were the meeting sites, until the Holiday Inn 
Hotel, now the Crowne Plaza Hotel, became the club's home.
  An active member of Rotary District 5170, which consists of 55 clubs 
in Alameda, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties, the 
Milpitas Rotary Club's former president, Denny Weisgerber, served as 
District governor in 1999-2000.
  I am proud to recognize the Milpitas Rotary Club on its 50th 
anniversary. I am confident this club will continue to improve our 
community, as well as the country and the world, for years to come.

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