[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 10801]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   TRIBUTE TO SISTER CLARITA ANNEKEN

 Mr. BUNNING. Mr. President, I wish to pay tribute to Sister 
Clarita Anneken of Villa Hills, KY for her 63 years devoted to 
educating young men and women who attended Villa Madonna Academy.
  Everything that we do in the United States Senate is done with the 
idea in mind that we are making the world a better place for those who 
come after us. Indeed the entire government is dedicated to ensuring 
that America will continue to protect the rights to life, liberty, and 
the pursuit of happiness long into the future. However, let me remind 
the Senate that if the people of America are not educated to appreciate 
the sanctity of life, the glory of liberty, and the meaningfulness of 
pursuing happiness, that everything we do here will be wasted. No 
matter how wise the laws we enact, a people ignorant of these important 
principles will only resent wise laws, not benefit from them.
  It is for this reason that I believe that the work of Sister Clarita 
is so crucial. Sister Clarita has dedicated her life to the education 
of America's future. For 63 years Sister Clarita has invested her 
knowledge, time, effort, patience, and understanding in the young 
people of Villa Madonna Academy. Her efforts have shaped the 
understanding of many young people who will be a part of America's 
future.
  I believe that no good deed goes unrewarded. The reward that Sister 
Clarita will reap, however will be a reward reaped for many years, long 
after her teaching career is finished. It will be a reward which many 
Americans will share. It will be the reward of young, educated men and 
women who will be able to continue the great traditions of this 
country.
  Sister Clarita's dedication to the young is an assurance of the 
brightness of America's future. And I thank Sister Clarita for this 
assurance and for the bright future of America.

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