[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 54 (Thursday, April 3, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E663]
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  A CELEBRATION OF YOUTH IN HONOR OF EMILY BEATRICE SMITH OF MICHIGAN

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                            HON. NICK SMITH

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 3, 2003

  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of the 
birth and life of our second grandchild, Emily Smith, born on March 9, 
1989 to our son Brad and his wife Diane.
  The year of her birth was a time of change for America and the world. 
A new President, George Bush Sr., took office. More importantly it was 
the year that the world ushered in a new era of peace. On the second of 
May, Emily Smith was a just a few months old, but her future would be 
changed forever. It was in 1989 that the Berlin Wall fell and forty-
five years of conflict and fear were soon behind us. It was a new era 
of prosperity, potential, and peace.
  As we stand here today decisive moments confront us, but we have the 
opportunity to give Emily Smith, and all our children and 
grandchildren, the peace that we knew in 1989. It is my hope that by 
our work and decisions today we can give them peace for tomorrow.
  My wife Bonnie and I join Emily's other grandparents, Neville and 
Jennifer Monteith from Kitchener, ON, in celebrating this wonderful 
person.

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