[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 51 (Wednesday, May 3, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S3981]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO RHONDA SMITH

 Mr. BUNNING. Mr. President, today I pay tribute to Rhonda 
Smith of Paducah, KY, for being recognized as one of Kentucky's most 
generous volunteers. I congratulate her for recently being awarded the 
President's Volunteer Service Award by the Department of Energy.
  The President's Volunteer Service Award is issued by the President's 
Council on Service and Civic Participation on behalf of the President 
of the United States to recognize the best in American spirit and to 
encourage all Americans to improve their communities through volunteer 
service and civic participation. The award is given to individuals, 
families, and groups that have demonstrated outstanding volunteer 
service and civic participation over the course of a 12-month period.
  Ms. Smith has served on the Paducah Site-Specific Advisory Board 
since 2003, was elected chair in 2005, and will begin serving her term 
later in 2006. During her tenure on the board, she has devoted over 100 
hours of community service to the advisory board by tirelessly 
providing help with DOE's environmental restoration and waste 
management activities at the Paducah site.
  I now ask my fellow colleagues to join me in thanking Ms. Smith for 
her dedication and commitment to DOE and Kentucky. In order for our 
society to continue to advance in the right direction, we must have 
volunteers like Rhonda Smith in our communities and in our lives. She 
is Kentucky at its finest.

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