[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 84 (Tuesday, June 10, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S7606]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO KELSEY LADT

 Mr. BUNNING. Mr. President, I rise to honor and pay tribute to 
Kelsey Ladt of Paducah, KY, for her inimitable sense of giving and 
community service. Kelsey, age 8, led an art tour fundraiser for the 
Community Foundation of Western Kentucky, with proceeds benefitting the 
Lourdes' Foundation patient care fund and the St. Nicholas Free Family 
Clinic.
  Kelsey Curd Ladt, daughter of Vicki and Ric Ladt, is a gifted and 
precocious young lady with an exceptional sense of selflessness and 
charity. She singlehandedly led a tour of the artwork inside her 
parents' home for 35 people. Kelsey paused by each painting to share 
historical insight and anecdote, a remarkable feat for someone so 
young.
  Kelsey researched art at Murray State University under the tutelage 
of Dr. Joy Navan. With the encouragement from Navan and family friend 
Bill Ford, Kelsey planned the fundraiser and interviewed directors of 
various beneficiaries before selecting the Lourdes' Foundation and the 
St. Nicholas Free Family Clinic.
  Kelsey, who is herself an accomplished artist and pianist, plans on 
expanding the art tour to four homes in the coming years, in order to 
better serve her community. Later this summer she will participate in a 
forensic anthropology course at Murray State University and a gifted 
and talented camp at Western Kentucky University.
  It is my pleasure to honor such an exceptional and altruistic young 
lady for her extraordinary charitable contributions to her community. I 
thank the Senate for allowing me to laud her praises. She is one of 
Kentucky's finest.

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