[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 56 (Tuesday, April 8, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E702]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         TRIBUTE TO THE FRIENDS OF NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER

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                          HON. CHARLES F. BASS

                            of new hampshire

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, April 8, 2003

  Mr. BASS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the contributions made 
by the Friends of Norris Cotton Cancer Center in Lebanon, New 
Hampshire.
  Whereas the Friends of Norris Cotton Cancer Center began in 1982, 
when a group of civic-minded citizens, all friends of Senator Norris 
Cotton, founded an organization to support Norris Cotton Cancer Center, 
which was established in 1972, through the efforts of Senator Norris 
Cotton and Dr. Frank Lane.
  Whereas the Friends of Norris Cotton Cancer Center have lived up to 
their stated purpose to promote the welfare of the Cancer Center at 
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center during the past two decades.
  Whereas the Friends of Norris Cotton Cancer Center have adopted the 
Audrey Prouty Century Ride & Fitness Walk as its signature fundraiser.
  Whereas the Prouty first began 22 years ago when four nurses rode 100 
miles through the White Mountains of New Hampshire as a tribute to one 
patient's courage in her battle with ovarian cancer.
  Whereas last year's proceeds from the Prouty enabled Norris Cotton 
Cancer Center researchers to continue their work assessing a person's 
genetic risk for cancer, developing new and better medications to fight 
the disease, and advancing basic science investigations critical to 
finding a cure for cancer.
  Whereas the recent purchase of an Agilent Microarray System, a 
powerful weapon in the war against cancer, was made possible through 
the work of the Friends of Norris Cotton Cancer Center has made 
possible the identification of previously unidentified targets within 
tumors and the development of novel drugs to attack and hopefully kill 
these tumors.
  Whereas the continued fundraising efforts of the Friends of Norris 
Cotton Cancer Center through the Prouty and other venues will most 
assuredly translate into even more discoveries in the search for a cure 
for cancer.
  Therefore I invite my colleagues in the House of Representatives to 
join me in extending heartfelt appreciation and admiration to the 
Friends for their contributions towards the cure for cancer in our 
lifetime.

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