[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17896]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE SENIOR CENTER OF BOULDER CITY

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                           HON. JON C. PORTER

                               of nevada

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 12, 2006

  Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the Senior Center of 
Boulder City which will celebrate the Grand Opening of their new 
location on June 3, 2006.
  Originally founded in 1975, the Senior Center of Boulder City 
enhances the quality of life and promotes wellness by providing social, 
educational, and health services to seniors in the community. Due to 
budget cutbacks that forced the elimination of city-funded senior 
programs, volunteers formed the Senior Center of Boulder City, Inc. in 
1983, a private non-profit (501C3) corporation to maintain the services 
of the senior center. Since that time, the Senior Center has been 
maintained by volunteers who desired to give services to seniors when 
there was no other city funded programs available. Founding Director 
Bert D. Hildebrand, and the first Executive Director, Marilyn Moore 
were both instrumental in obtaining the Center's current site. The 
Senior Center is presently located in a historic building built in 1932 
in the heart of historic Old Town and remains a center of civic and 
cultural life.
  Thirty years after first opening their doors, they have outgrown 
their current site and plan to relocate to the building, once occupied 
by the library, at 813 Arizona Street, which is of equal historic 
value. This new building will approximately double their square footage 
and help them to better serve their six-hundred plus members as well as 
other members of the community with their rich variety of programs, 
activities, and services.
  The Center has a very active Board of Directors led by President Don 
Meeks along with Vice-President Betty Smith, Secretary Sharon Lazar, 
Treasurer Larry Morris, and other members Jack Cummings, Starlene 
Jarvis, June Lobell, Robert Mayfield, Paul T. Ryan, Tom Shverha, Paul 
Stouterborough, and Bette Porter and Ede Zinn who are two long-time 
members and past Board members that serve as Emeritus Members of the 
Board. I would also like to recognize past President Karl Peddy who has 
recently past away and Alice Hagan for her devotion to the Senior 
Center since 1975.
  Executive Director Anita Gant, who is celebrating her one year 
anniversary with the Senior Center, has been a tremendous asset to the 
center. She and her staff of nine consisting of Program Director Norma 
King, kitchen staffs consisting of Jane Shafer, Debbie Kittleson, and 
Steve Reteria, four part-time drivers Gene Crawford, Eric Kramer, 
Robert Zubrod, and Ted Zubrod, and a custodian Warren Britton, who all 
work very hard to ensure the seniors of Boulder City are very well 
cared for. They are looking forward to another plus twenty years of 
service to the community in their new facility.
  Mr. Speaker, I am honored to recognize the Senior Center of Boulder 
City on the floor of the House. I commend them for their contributions 
to Boulder City and thank them for her continued service to the seniors 
of Southern Nevada.

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