[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 27, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1147]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING BONNIE LEMOINE

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                         HON. RODNEY ALEXANDER

                              of louisiana

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 27, 2012

  Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I have the 
opportunity to recognize the remarkable 34-year career of Bonnie 
Lemoine, Procter & Gamble (P&G) External Relations Leader.
  Bonnie was born and raised in Central Louisiana and has dedicated her 
career and life to the Pineville/Alexandria area. Throughout her 
career, Bonnie has worked tirelessly to make Louisiana an attractive 
place to do business and a great place to live.
  In addition to her job at P&G, Bonnie served as chair and board 
member of the Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce, Chair and 
executive board member of the Louisiana Association of Business and 
Industry, board member of Central Louisiana Economic Development 
Alliance and Tioga Historical Museum, member of North Rapides Business 
Alliance and Local Water Board Commissioner, and many others.
  Throughout the years, Bonnie has received numerous awards, including: 
Lantern Award, Intercity Economic Development Award, Cypress Award, 
Better Business Award and P&G Recognition Shares.
  I offer the following testament to Bonnie's kind-hearted and 
altruistic nature. After Hurricane Katrina, P&G's Folgers Coffee 
Manufacturing Plant, in New Orleans, was completely flooded as well as 
many of the employees' homes. Bonnie immediately went into action. She 
asked employees in the P&G Pineville, LA plant if they would open their 
homes to the P&G Folgers families displaced by the floods. Everyone 
needing a roof over their heads was accommodated. Once this was 
achieved, Bonnie started working to get the plant up and running again. 
Within weeks, there were 125 FEMA trailers on-site for employees to 
reside, and power had been restored to the site. The Folgers plant was 
one of the first manufacturing plants in the area to resume production. 
It even received a visit from President Bush as he personally 
recognized the incredible efforts to help employees and their families 
and get the plant up and running in record time.
  Bonnie has earned the respect and admiration of everyone she has met 
along her journey. It is with great pride that I ask my colleagues to 
join me in honoring Bonnie Lemoine on an exemplary career as she 
celebrates her retirement. I thank her for her service to our community 
and wish her the best in her future endeavors.

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