[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7451]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                       TRIBUTE TO MARY MIDDLETON

 Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I rise today to congratulate 
Mary Middleton of Covington, Kentucky, for receiving the Friends of 
Covington Award for Outstanding Community Service.
  Mary is a devoted civic leader and volunteer in Covington and 
throughout Kenton County. She gives her time and energy to numerous 
activities at church, and has provided leadership for several Northern 
Kentucky organizations. Mary helped found the Northern Kentucky 
Interfaith Commission and was the first president of the area's 
Salvation Army Auxiliary. In her many years of service to the 
community, she also was president of the Covington Art Club, Booth 
Hospital Auxiliary, Church Women United, and the Mary Circle of the 
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church.
  Mary's kindness and generosity does not end there--she also has been 
involved with the Heritage League, Northern Kentucky Symphony, Women's 
Health Initiative, American Cancer Society, Florence Women's Club, and 
the Friends of Covington.
  Aside from being involved in civic and philanthropic activities, Mary 
has long been an active member of the Northern Kentucky Republican 
Party and a driving force for Kentucky's Republican women. Back in the 
1960s, Mary helped found the Kenton County Republican Women's Club and 
continues her work there today.
  Mary also deserves credit for the many successes in her personal 
life. She and Clyde have been happily married for many, many years and 
have showed enormous strength of character and have a marriage that is 
an example to us all.
  My colleagues and I join in congratulating you, Mary, on yet another 
fine achievement and we thank you for the time and effort you have put 
into others lives. I know the people of Northern Kentucky will continue 
to benefit from your generosity for many years to come.

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