[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17464]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                CONGRATULATING TONY AND ALICE GIANNETTA

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 20, 2001

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Tony and 
Alice Giannetta on their appointments to the status of Senior Life 
Directors. The Building Industry Association (BIA) recognizes the 
appointments by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and 
the National Association of Home Builders Women's Council.
  The National Association of Home Builders is recognizing Tony 
Giannetta for his 20 consecutive years of dedicated service as a member 
of the NAHB Board of Directors. Tony began his career in Fresno County 
in the 1940s. He has developed over 27 subdivisions and constructed 
over 4,500 homes. He has been a member of the BIA of the San Joaquin 
Valley for more than 50 years. Tony served as the BIA President in 
1967, 1979, and 1980. He has been active in community activities, 
including providing student work experience training, helping to 
establish a National Association of Home Builders Student Chapter at 
Fresno City College and California State University, Fresno, and 
supporting scholarship programs to provide financial aid to 
construction students at both Fresno City College and California State 
University, Fresno.
  The NAHB is recognizing Alice Giannetta for 20 years of consecutive 
service as a member of the NAHB Women's Council. She is a charter 
member of the Women's Council of the BIA of the San Joaquin Valley, 
started in 1980. Alice served as the Women's Council President in 1982. 
She has also been active in community activities, including providing 
on-going assistance and support to a young blind mother, volunteering 
with the American Cancer Society's Angels on Wheels Program, and 
repeatedly serving as a Cub Scout Den Mother and Room Mother.
  The BIA's membership of builders, developers, subcontractors, and 
associated businesses is dedicated to protect and promote the home 
building industry and to keep home ownership possible.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate Tony and Alice Giannetta on the 
occasion of their appointments to the status of Senior Life Directors 
by the National Association of Home Builders and their Women's Council. 
I urge my colleagues to join me in wishing Tony and Alice Giannetta 
many more years of continued success.

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