[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 23230]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     IN HONOR OF THE 50TH BIRTHDAY OF THE CITY OF DEL REY OAKS, CA

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                             HON. SAM FARR

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 24, 2003

  Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the City of Del 
Rey Oaks on celebrating its fiftieth birthday on September 13, 2003. 
This small residential community on the Monterey Peninsula was 
incorporated on September 4, 1953 and embodies the best qualities of 
the Central Coast.
  In many ways, Del Rey Oaks is an idyllic town, with its large open 
space and parkland, low crime and unemployment rates, and high voter 
turnout. The citizens of Del Rey Oaks are proud of their community, 
with good reason, and work hard to maintain this quality of life. After 
fifty years, the town continues to grow, but has not forgotten its 
humble beginnings.
  The city celebrated its birthday and its history with an old 
fashioned picnic in the park, complete with the planting of oak trees 
and the burying of a time capsule. This town symbolizes the wonderful 
nature of the people and communities of the Monterey Peninsula, I am 
pleased to honor the fiftieth birthday of the City of Del Rey Oaks.

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