[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 4 (Tuesday, January 9, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E43]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     IN RECOGNITION OF BEVERLY LYNE

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                            HON. MARK UDALL

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, January 9, 2007

  Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Ms. 
Beverly Lyne of Boulder, Colorado for her selfless contribution to 
providing desperately needed medical attention to the people of Uganda. 
Ms. Lyne's background as a patient education consultant at Longmont 
United Hospital provided her with a strong foundation from which to 
offer her services to the developing world. Before volunteering her 
skills in Uganda, she had worked in the infectious-diseases field for 
almost twenty years as a registered nurse while also caring for AIDS 
patients in Boulder County.
  Two years ago, an e-mail from one of her former physician associates 
sparked her interest in setting up a health clinic in Uganda. Lyne 
partnered with three Canadian nurses to help establish the Learning 
Empowers Uganda Medical Clinic that now serves more than 30,000 Ugandan 
men, women, and children. These people had escaped the violence of 
their homelands and settled in a semi-permanent camp in Soroti often 
with only the clothes on their back. Prior to Lyne's arrival, hospitals 
were little more than empty shells, with no supplies and minimal 
medicine or staff. Today, the same buildings have been transformed into 
functioning health and education centers, complete with labs and 
refrigerators for medicine.
  Because of the compassion of Beverly Lyne and her colleagues, 
valuable care is being provided for those most in need. She has made 
incalculable contributions to advance the quality of life for the 
Ugandan people and in doing so has made her world a better place in 
which to live.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in thanking Beverly Lyne for her 
courage and compassion. Within her spirit lays the hope for a better 
tomorrow. I wish Beverly congratulations for her accomplishments and 
good health and happiness to both herself and the people she serves.

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