[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 20377]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



IN HONOR OF COLETTE KOVE NEWLY ELECTED SUPREME PRESIDENT OF THE WOMEN'S 
             AUXILIARY TO THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE COOTIE

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                          HON. DAVID E. BONIOR

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 2, 2000

  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to recognize the 
accomplishments of one of my district's favorite daughters. Colette 
Kove is a graduate of Utica High School, wife of William Kove, mother 
of five, grandmother of thirteen, and great-grandmother of six. On 
Saturday, September 30th, her friends and family gathered to honor her 
dedication to our veterans--especially her leadership in the Women's 
Auxiliary of the VFW and the Military Order of the Cootie (MOCA).
  Colette first joined the Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW in 1960, but 
left to spend the next 18 years traveling with her children in the Drum 
and Bugle Corps. She returned in 1980 to the Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post 
#1146 in St. Clair Shores. She took the group by storm serving as 
Auxiliary President, County Council President, 5th District President, 
and has served as Secretary of the Auxiliary for the past 18 years.
  In 1981, she joined the Womens' Auxiliary to the Military Order of 
the Cootie #35. Since then, she has held the position of President ten 
times and has served in all offices in the Grand of Michigan (state) 
MOCA. In 1995, at the MCOA National Convention in Arizona, Colette was 
elected Supreme Guard, and has served all offices leading to President. 
Just this past August, she was elected to that highest position and 
today serves as the Supreme President of the MOCA for the entire United 
States.
  I am honored to be asked to participate in this program. Supreme 
President Kove has worked hard all her life for the benefit of others. 
As a small business owner, volunteer at the John Dingel VA Medical 
Center in Detroit and nursing home visitor, she has always been there 
to service the needs of others. Her rise through the ranks of both the 
Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW and the MOCA shows her remarkable sense of 
dedication and the great amount of respect others have for her.
  Please join me in congratulating Colette Kove on her election as 
Supreme President of the Women's Auxiliary to the Military Order of the 
Cootie.

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