[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 38 (Thursday, March 6, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E322]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                PAYING TRIBUTE TO D.L. ``DUSTY'' DICKENS

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                           HON. JON C. PORTER

                               of nevada

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 6, 2008

  Mr. PORTER. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor my friend, D.L. ``Dusty'' 
Dickens, for her years of dedicated service to the Clark County School 
District.
  Dusty, who is originally from Santa Monica, California, attended 
Stevens-Henager College in Salt Lake City, Utah and later received an 
AMA certificate in Management from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 
Dusty was also licensed as a realtor in the State of Nevada in 1978 
after attending the Education Dynamics Institute of Real Estate.
  Over the past three decades, Dusty has served the Southern Nevada 
community, spending much of her time in the Facilities Division as the 
Director of the Demographics, Zoning and Realty Department. During her 
tenure in the Facilities Division, Dusty was responsible for a number 
of sizable land acquisition programs and was instrumental in 
recommending site locations for 200 schools. Dusty was also the co-
author of the ``Open Schools/Open Doors and Educational Access 
Agreements'' which allows governmental entities and the state 
university system reciprocal use of public/school facilities. She also 
had a prominent role in the development of the school siting 
methodology for data driven decisions to site new schools.
  Given the exponential growth in Clark County in recent years, Dusty 
has been instrumental in ensuring that our educational services have 
kept pace with demand. In addition to her distinguished performance in 
the Demographics, Zoning and Realty Department, Dusty has served as 
facilitator for the school district's Investment in Excellence Program 
and as liaison for the School Name Committee. She has also had the 
opportunity to represent the school district on committees for the City 
of Las Vegas, City of North Las Vegas, City of Henderson, and Clark 
County for land use and master plan developments.
  Madam Speaker, I am proud to pay tribute to D.L. ``Dusty'' Dickens. 
Her service to Clark County has been instrumental and is to be 
commended. I would like to congratulate Dusty and her family including 
her husband, Lester and their four children on this honor by the school 
district. I applaud Dusty for her leadership and congratulate her on 
this much deserved recognition of having a school named in her honor.

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