[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 95 (Wednesday, June 23, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1174]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              HONORING ABIGAIL FRONICK AND NATASHA SANFORD

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                           HON. RUSS CARNAHAN

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 23, 2010

  Mr. CARNAHAN. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor and acknowledge Abigail 
Fronick and Natasha Sanford, two young people from the Third 
Congressional District who are truly a credit to both the State of 
Missouri and the nation as a whole.
  Abigail and Natasha have been selected to receive the Congressional 
Award for their outstanding efforts in community service and personal 
development. Each devoted over four hundred hours of voluntary public 
service to St. Louis Irish Arts, where they taught and performed 
traditional Irish dance for the benefit of people of all ages.
  As is required for the Congressional Award, each of these young women 
also completed an expedition of personal discovery, traveling to 
Ireland to become immersed in a different culture and study Irish 
music.
  Natasha and Abigail have both demonstrated a passion for self-
discovery through the examination of traditional Irish culture, and 
extended that passion to the education and betterment of others within 
their community.
  Young people such as these show a promising future for the United 
States, and I am proud and honored to have such individuals in the 
Third Congressional District of the great state of Missouri. I find it 
fitting that we should recognize their achievements here today, and I 
look forward to how they will continue to apply themselves in the 
future.

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