[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 86 (Friday, May 23, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1079-E1080]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO MEGHAN NORTH LAMPO

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                           HON. DENNIS MOORE

                               of kansas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 22, 2008

  Mr. MOORE of Kansas. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a 
young constituent whose life tragically ended way too early, as the 
result of an automobile accident.

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  Meghan North Lampo of Fairway, Kansas, was killed on May 15, 2008, in 
an automobile accident in Overland Park, Kansas. She was born on 
February 12, 1979, in Kansas City, Missouri. She was a graduate of St. 
Paul's Episcopal Day School and St. Theresa's Academy. Meghan earned a 
bachelor of arts in Japanese studies at Earlham College in Richmond, 
Indiana, and spent her junior year in Morioka, Japan. She was a student 
ambassador to Kansas City's sister city in Kurashiki, Japan, a Rotary 
International scholar in Myaboshi, Japan, and participated in the Japan 
Exchange and Teaching Programme, a Japanese governmental program in 
Nagano, Japan.
  Meghan was a beautiful young woman who loved people from every walk 
of life and has been described as a creative and free spirit who loved 
and lived life to the fullest. She described herself as someone who 
colored outside the lines in order to make a masterpiece. She had 
boundless energy and her own sense of style, a strong will, a huge 
heart, and a desire to help others in any way she could. Meghan 
particularly enjoyed volunteering for Bacchus Foundation, a 
philanthropic, social and service organization which introduces and 
integrates young adults into Kansas City's civic, cultural and 
educational communities. As Meghan said, ``A little sparkle goes a long 
way these days.'' She is survived by many friends and her family, 
including her mother, Jane Lampo and stepfather, Rick Welsch, of 
Fairway, and her father Joe Lampo of Little Rock, Arkansas.
  Madam Speaker, I am pleased to have this opportunity to pay tribute 
to a very special young constituent whose life was tragically snuffed 
out when she was much too young. I thank you for this opportunity and I 
know that all members of the House of Representatives join with me in 
paying tribute to Meghan North Lampo.

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