[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 14717]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING MARIO KAVCIC

 Mr. DeWINE. Mr. President, I ask that the following 
proclamation be printed in the Record.
  The proclamation follows:


    A Proclamation Honoring the Distinguished Career of Mario Kavcic

       Whereas; Mr. Mario Kavcic began his radio career forty 
     years ago in Cleveland Heights for a Slovenian interest radio 
     program, and
       Whereas; Mr. Kavcic conducted his first on-air interview in 
     his native Slovenian with then Ohio State Representative and 
     current United States Senator George Voinovich, and
       Whereas; Mr. Kavcic moved to Cleveland to work with other 
     ethnic language broadcast companies, and
       Whereas; Mr. Kavcic's great success and popularity earned 
     him a prestigious evening time slot for his program, and
       Whereas; Mr. Kavcic created a program devoted to 
     international affairs that aired on Saturday nights for ten 
     consecutive years, and
       Whereas; Mr. Kavcic moved his program to Nationality 
     Broadcast Network--which reaches communities in Ohio, 
     Pennsylvania, and West Virginia--after National Ethnic 
     Programming went through a format change, and
       Whereas; Mr. Kavcic interviewed President Richard Nixon, 
     President Gerald Ford, Senator Howard Metzenbaum, Congressman 
     Dennis Kucinich, and Cleveland Mayors Michael White and Jane 
     Campbell, to inform his listeners about current issues, and
       Whereas; Mr. Kavcic was awarded the prestigious Governor 
     Award by former Ohio Governor John Gilligan, and
       Now, therefore, I, Mike DeWine, United States Senator from 
     the Great State of Ohio, would like to commend Mr. Mario 
     Kavcic for his longtime and tireless efforts serving the 
     Slovenian population in Cleveland and throughout Ohio. Mr. 
     Kavcic's outstanding work to preserve and promote the rich 
     heritage and culture of the Slovenian community is a shining 
     example of the positive role the press can play in our 
     society.
       On this, the 18th Day of July, 2006.

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