[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 121 (Monday, September 25, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1822-E1823]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO MR. ADAN GUTIERREZ

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                           HON. HENRY CUELLAR

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 25, 2006

  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Mr. Adan Gutierrez, 
the local columnist for the Zapata County News, one of the largest 
community newspapers in Zapata County.
  Adan Gutierrez was born on August 29th, 1946, in the City of Zapata 
in the State of Texas. He currently resides in the City of Zapata as 
one of its most involved members of the community. He served proudly in 
the United States Army for ten years, and shortly after being honorably 
discharged, started working at the local library in 1984. His passion 
for literature was evident and helped him become the Assistant 
Librarian in less than two years. He was on his way to a higher 
administrative position within the Library when he suffered from a 
brain aneurysm in 1993.
  But this did not slow him down; instead, it made him even more 
involved in the community through his frequent correspondence with the 
editor of the Zapata County News regarding current news events. Due to 
the quality of his writing, he was invited to become a regular 
columnist for the Zapata County News in writing about the history of 
Zapata County, cultural local events, and other social events. He 
presently is teaching conversational Spanish

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at the Zapata County Public Library to residents of the community. It 
is said of Mr. Gutierrez's involvement with the Zapata County News by 
his fellow peers that ``Adan has a conversation with Zapata County 
every Thursday morning and we really enjoy it.'' One can only wish to 
have the extent of local community impact that Mr. Gutierrez has and I 
commend him for it.
  Mr. Speaker, I am honored to have had this time to recognize Mr. Adan 
Gutierrez.

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