[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 18]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 25494]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



            TRIBUTE TO AARON ADOBERAVOSKI AND C.J. TRUJILLO

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                          HON. HEATHER WILSON

                             of new mexico

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 14, 1999

  Mrs. WILSON. Mr. Speaker, I wish to bring to your attention the 
heroic acts of twelve years old Aaron Adoberavoski and nine year old 
C.J. Trujillo. Aaron is a seventh grader at Kennedy Middle School and 
C.J. is a fourth grader at Tomasita Elementary School in Albuquerque, 
New Mexico.
  In April 27, 1999, these two young boys were riding their bikes 
around Sandia Vista Park when they saw a man eluding some police 
officers. After a short while, the boys spotted a bag of money dropped 
in haste in a tunnel just off the park. The bag contained $1,900. The 
money had been stolen earlier from a Norwest Bank branch in a Furr's 
grocery store. C.J. and Aaron found a police officer at the park and 
turned the money over to him.
  Too often we do not recognize the positive things kids do. Aaron 
Adoberavoski and C.J. Trujillo showed that honesty is often its own 
reward and they were willing to act without hesitation.
  Please join me in thanking Aaron Adoberavoski and C.J. Trujillo for 
this act of citizenship. They are true models of honesty and integrity 
in our great community of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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