[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 56 (Friday, March 30, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E717]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




TRIBUTE TO KAY DINWIDDIE AND THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST REGENCY 
                                  CLUB

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                         HON. KENNY C. HULSHOF

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 29, 2007

  Mr. HULSHOF. Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Kay 
Dinwiddie and the First National Bank and Trust Regency Club, which is 
celebrating its 20th anniversary. Kay has been the director of the club 
since its inception. The Regency Club is open to bank customers who are 
at least 50 years old, and has grown from a relatively small group to 
its present size of more than 3,700 members.
  Although club members do receive special bank services and discounts, 
the primary focus of the club is on its group travel programs, which 
has taken them to numerous international locales. The club has traveled 
extensively throughout the state of Missouri, sampling the rich culture 
of the greatest state in the union. From Hannibal, the land of the 
great Mark Twain, through our fertile farm lands and national parks, 
the Lake of the Ozarks, to music of Branson, and the metropolises of 
St. Louis and Kansas City that bookend the state, Kay has shepherded 
her group to better know and love our great state.
  But Kay has also led her fellow Missourians abroad, and has traveled 
to such far locales as Australia and Africa. Kay has personally visited 
six continents, about 40 countries and crossed the equator 12 times. I 
have been informed that her travels when all tabulated account for more 
than 600 days and over 100,000 miles. You would think all that travel 
would have tired her out; however, she remains steadfast in her 
dedication to the Regency Club.
  I would like to commend and thank Kay for her commitment to the 
Regency Club and its extensive membership, my constituents. She has 
been a tireless advocate for club members and has worked for the 
greater benefit of the Columbia community. I hope to be voicing her 
praises in another twenty years.

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