[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 13 (Thursday, January 22, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E131]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   IN RECOGNITION OF MAYOR CHRISTINE KROLIK, HILLSBOROUGH ASSOCIATED 
                   PARENT GROUPS' CITIZEN OF THE YEAR

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                          HON. JACKIE SPEIER-

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 22, 2009

  Ms. SPEIER. Madam Speaker, Mayor Christine Krolik of the Town of 
Hillsborough, California has served her community well, ever since 
moving there more than a decade ago. Now, the community is rightly 
honoring her with the Hillsborough School District Associated Parents 
Groups' ``Citizen of the Year Award''.
  Mayor Krolik is a woman of boundless energy and keen intellect with a 
limitless can-do attitude. Her cheerful disposition and amazing ability 
to organize chaos into a cohesive plan are unmatched. To the benefit of 
her community and our country, Christine has used her awesome powers 
for good, volunteering for causes great and small, political and 
charitable, serious and fun.
  Since beginning her professional career more than 20 years ago as an 
actor and director in New York, Ms. Krolik has shared her knowledge and 
enthusiasm with grateful students and peers in Glenside, Pennsylvania; 
Greenwich, Connecticut and Gulfstream, Florida as well as her adopted 
home, northern California.
  As Literacy Manager and Special Project Producer for the beloved 
Magic Theater at San Francisco's Fort Mason, Christine again put her 
love for theater and impressive performance ability to work for the 
betterment of the greater community.
  Christine's passion for helping others is aptly displayed in the many 
roles she has filled with the Concours d'Elegance, Hillsborough's 
principal fund-raising event to benefit its schools. She has also 
served on the Board of Directors of Hillbarn Theater and the Shelter 
Network, assuring that every segment of California's 12th Congressional 
District benefits from her hard work and considerable ability.
  It is more than fitting for the Associated Parents' Groups to bestow 
this honor on Mayor Krolik. Long before she joined the Town Council in 
2004, Christine served her community by devoting many hours of 
volunteer work and she is always the first person anyone calls when 
they need something done quickly, professionally and cheerfully.
  Madam Speaker, I salute Mayor Krolik and thank her husband, Jeff, and 
sons John and Billy, for sharing Christine with a very appreciative 
community.