[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 18]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 24267]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    IN HONOR OF KENNETH W. ALLEN II

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                             HON. SAM FARR

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 28, 2005

  Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today as a former Boy Scout to honor 
Kenneth W. Allen II, as he retires from 31 years as a professional with 
the Boy Scouts of America.
  Ken served the Scouting effort in six Scout councils throughout 
California, including San Francisco Bay Area Council, Forty-Niner 
Council, Santa Clara County Council, Orange County Council, and Great 
Western Council. For the last four years he led the Monterey Bay Area 
Council as the Scout Executive, serving Santa Cruz, San Benito and 
Monterey Counties. I have had the particular pleasure of working with 
Ken on enhancing and preserving the Pico Blanco Boy Scout Camp in Big 
Sur that I enjoyed in my youth.
  Under his leadership the Boy Scouts of America was enriched with 
growth in the organization and its outreach to boys. Some of his 
accomplishments include leading the San Francisco Bay Area Council to 
expand membership in youth outreach programs by 37.5 percent, and the 
annual youth membership there increased by 41 percent, more than any 
other council in the United States. He wrote the original national 
Scouting curriculum for In-School Scouting, developed and implemented 
the first In-School Scouting program for Latino youth in Orange County 
and East San Jose, and prepared public relations strategies for the Boy 
Scouts of America both at the local level and the national level.
  Mr. Speaker, Ken Allen's career has been one of exemplary service to 
every community he lived in, and even more to the greater community of 
Scouting. His innovative programs and achievements are an inspiration 
to all who build our youth and strive to make the world a better place.

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