[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 86 (Wednesday, June 10, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1366-E1367]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      A TRIBUTE TO PATRICK HURLEY

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                         HON. BRIAN P. BILBRAY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 10, 2009

  Mr. BILBRAY. Madam Speaker, I would like to bring to your attention 
today the many outstanding achievements of Patrick Hurley, the outgoing 
president of the Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary Club. Patrick's leadership 
during the 2008-2009 Rotary year has contributed significantly to the 
Hi-Noon Rotary Club, the community of Carlsbad and the mission of 
Rotary. During his tenure, the Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary Club sponsored 
Interact, a youth service club; RYLA, a youth awareness leadership 
conference; a Christmas party and provided meals and gifts to needy 
elementary school children; cosponsored the Oktoberfest fundraiser that 
benefited the Carlsbad Women's Resource Center and the Carlsbad Boys 
and Girls Club and completed a very successful golf tournament which 
funded scholarships for Carlsbad high school students; provided mentors 
for the City Stuff Program, a program that exposed school children to 
the workings of city government; promoted literacy by providing 
dictionaries for English and Spanish speaking elementary school 
children; provided over nine hundred books to the Jefferson Elementary 
School students, and provided financial support to our military 
personnel and their families.
  In addition, under President Patrick Hurley's leadership the Carlsbad 
Hi-Noon Rotary and its membership completed a number of other projects. 
These projects included providing volunteers to help maintain public 
and private property, provide food and clothing for the needy and 
homeless, and assist in the distribution of food, clothing and toys to 
needy Carlsbad families in conjunction with the Carlsbad Christmas 
Bureau, and through the Gazebo project, a city landmark structure was 
refurbished and relocated for public enjoyment.
  In the international arena, under President Hurley's leadership, a 
team of Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotarians joined with others and traveled to 
Mexico to build a house for a needy family: a badly needed ambulance 
was provided and refurbished for the City of Mazatlan, Mexico, and 
through our support of the Paul Harris Foundation, we co-sponsored 
numerous other humanitarian projects all over the world including the 
effort to eradicate polio world wide, and providing funding for the 
Micro-banking project enabling third world countries to develop 
entrepreneurial skills and become self sufficient.
  I hope my colleagues will join me in recognizing the many fine 
achievements of Patrick Hurley. Without question, his leadership and 
fine work of the Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary Club are worthy of recognition 
by the House today.

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