[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 58 (Friday, May 12, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E819]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING MR. LINDSLEY FRENETTE

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                            HON. BART STUPAK

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 11, 2006

  Mr. STUPAK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the work of an 
extraordinary man who has dedicated his life to serving and bettering 
his community.
  Mr. Lindsley Frenette started his public service career in 1953, when 
he began serving as Doyle Township Supervisor. For 13 years, he served 
in that capacity before he was elected Schoolcraft County Board 
Commissioner in 1966.
  Not only has Mr. Frenette made his community a better place through 
52 years of involvement with local government, but he has spent decades 
working to improve mental health in Michigan.
  As a co-founder of the Schoolcraft County Community Mental Health 
program and its successor agency, the Hiawatha Community Mental Health 
Authority, he has helped to provide mental health services to many 
people who would otherwise not have had access to them. In addition to 
creating these agencies Mr. Frenette helped grow and sustain them, 
spending 33 years on the Schoolcraft County Mental Health Board.
  Mr. Frenette also spent many years on the Legislative Committee for 
the Michigan Association of County Mental Health Boards. In that 
capacity he played a key role educating state and federal legislators 
about the importance of mental health. My own father spent a number of 
years serving alongside Mr. Frenette on the Mental Health Board and he 
had nothing but good things to say about Mr. Frenette and his 
dedication.
  By all reports, Mr. Frenette is not only a devoted public servant, 
but a genuinely kind person who is concerned about the welfare of his 
fellow citizens.
  Together he and his wife Guerda raised seven children and saw the 
arrival of many grandchildren.
  On Friday, Lindsley Frenette will be honored by friends, family and 
colleagues for his 33 years of service as a Community Mental Health 
Board member. While he is not retiring, the people closest to him 
decided it was time to come together and pay tribute to Mr. Frenette.
  Mr. Speaker, that recognition is truly deserved. I join Mr. 
Frenette's friends and family in wishing him and his family all the 
best, in saluting him for his years of service and in wishing him the 
best for his many future endeavors.

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