[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 20]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 27512]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               A TRIBUTE TO THE BERKSHIRE JUVENILE COURT

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                           HON. JOHN W. OLVER

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, November 18, 2005

  Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, I wish to recognize and honor the Berkshire 
Division of the Juvenile Court Department of the Trial Court of the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this, National Adoption Day, for 
their dedication to the hundreds of children in foster care in 
Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and for their promotion of adoption, 
which allows over 30 children per year to enter into loving and 
nurturing families.
  Today, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, sixteen adoptions will be 
performed in honor of National Adoption Day and in recognition of 
November as Adoption Awareness Month throughout the United States.
  I want to thank the Berkshire Juvenile Court, under the guidance of 
the Honorable First Justice Paul E. Perachi, for their dedication and 
commitment to the children and families of Berkshire County, 
Massachusetts.

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