[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16896]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                 TRIBUTE TO THE LATE BARBARA ROSE ISLEY

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                          HON. ELTON GALLEGLY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 26, 2000

  Mr. GALLEGLY. Mr. Speaker, today I pay tribute to the memory of 
Barbara Rose Isley, who died last week after decades of dedicated 
community service in my district.
  Mrs. Isley and her late husband, Mason, were founding members of the 
Camarillo Citizen Patrol, a citizens organization that helped the 
Camarillo Police Department with stakeouts, traffic control, crowd 
control, searching for lost or missing people and Kid Prints.
  She was known by her handle ``Ding-Dong Lady'' because she sold Avon 
products, an occupation she pursued for 35 years and for which she had 
achieved the honor of being a member of the President's Club.
  Through the years Mrs. Isley helped transform the Citizen Patrol from 
members patrolling in their personal vehicles wearing civilian clothes 
to the currently marked Citizen Patrol cars and uniforms. She was the 
unit's secretary from its founding until her death last week. During 
that time she guided eight Deputy Advisors as they took over the helm 
of the Citizen's Patrol.
  The Camarillo Citizen Patrol was the first disaster assistance team 
for Camarillo. Mrs. Isley and other members received training in first 
aid; shelter management; damage assessment surveys of fires, floods and 
earthquakes; and aiding the victims. One of Mrs. Isley's favorite 
stories about the Citizen's Patrol occurred in mid-1999.
  A series of vehicle burglaries were committed at a Camarillo hotel 
from February to July 1999. A two-month surveillance was launched. Mrs. 
Isley and another member, who were armed with binoculars and a two-way 
radio and stationed in a hotel room overlooking a parking lot, watched 
as three suspects broke into a van and took a computer case. She 
radioed to deputies who were nearby in unmarked cars. The suspects were 
quickly captured and booked into jail on multiple counts of burglary, 
conspiracy and possession of stolen property. A further investigation 
revealed that the three suspects were responsible for approximately 40 
similar crimes along Highway 101 from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara.
  Mrs. Isley graduated from the Citizen's Academy in November 1998 and 
was honored as the Camarillo Citizen Patrol Member of the Year for 
1998.
  Avon and the Citizen Patrol were not Mrs. Isley's only passions. She 
was also a member of the Camarillo Christian Church and a volunteer for 
the American Red Cross for more than 20 years.
  She was also a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
  Mr. Speaker, I know my colleagues will join me in honoring the memory 
of Barbara Rose Isley as a woman of strength and dedication whose work 
will continue to have a positive effect on her community, her friends 
and her family.

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