[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 62 (Wednesday, May 15, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E808]
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IN HONOR OF JULIANN BUDIMIR, RECIPIENT OF THE 2002 BETTY PRESTON AWARD 
                         FOR CIVIC ACHIEVEMENT

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 15, 2002

  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Juliann 
Budimir, who will receive the 2002 Betty Preston Award for Civic 
Achievement at the 35th annual NewsPress Achievements Awards at the 
Alex Theatre in Glendale, California on May 15, 2002. Each year, this 
award is given to a volunteer who demonstrates extraordinary commitment 
and dedication to civic achievement.
  Juliann Budimir was nominated by the Oakmont League of Glendale. She 
has served for three years as President, two years as Vice President, 
and one year as Treasurer of the Northwest Glendale Homeowners 
Association Board of Directors. She worked with homeowners to identify 
issues of community concern and then acted as a liaison to city 
departments to help resolve those issues and concerns. Her major 
triumph was getting a stop sign installed at the dangerous intersection 
of Kenneth Road and Sonora Avenue.
  Juliann was a representative for the Greater Downtown Glendale 
Strategic Plan and for the study sessions for Glendale's Hillside 
Ordinance. She served in many leadership roles for the Glendale 
Homeowners Coordinating Council and was its representative to the City 
of Glendale Sign Ordinance Study Session Committee for two years.
  She served as Director of the Music Mobile program of the Glendale 
Junior Philharmonic, teaching elementary school children about 
classical music by taking a van loaded with instruments to schools for 
on-stage demonstrations.
  She is President of the Oakmont League, a philanthropic organization 
that sponsors an annual egg hunt party for the Salvation Army Day Care 
Center and provides scholarships to public high school and Glendale 
Community College students.
  For her laudable civic, philanthropic and music education endeavors 
that have helped make Glendale a better community, I ask all Members of 
Congress to join me in congratulating Juliann Budimir upon receiving 
the 2002 Betty Preston Award for Civic Achievement.

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