[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14957]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       A TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL METTS

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                         HON. BRIAN P. BILBRAY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 6, 2007

  Mr. BILBRAY. Madam Speaker, I would like to bring to your attention 
today the many outstanding achievements of Mr. Michael Metts, the 
outgoing president of the Carlsbad Hi- Noon Rotary Club. Michael's 
leadership during 2006 and 2007 has contributed significantly to the 
Hi-Noon Rotary Club and the community of Carlsbad. During his tenure, 
membership exceeded one hundred people and the Hi-Noon Rotary Club 
awarded $28,000 for high school scholarships. In addition, under his 
leadership the Carlsbad Hi-Noon and Carlsbad Evening Rotary clubs 
partnered to sponsor the annual Oktoberfest fundraiser, a community 
event which provided over $26,000 to the Carlsbad Women's Resource 
Center, The Boys and Girls Club of Carlsbad and Community Youth 
Services.
  During his presidency, a number of other projects were completed. 
These projects included providing volunteers to help maintain public 
and private property, provide food and clothing for the needy and the 
homeless and assist in the distribution of food, clothing and toys to 
needy Carlsbad families in conjunction with the Carlsbad Christmas 
Bureau. A Children's Christmas party and dinner for very needy 
elementary school students was also provided. In an effort to improve 
literacy, badly needed bilingual dictionaries were provided and 
distributed in English and Spanish speaking elementary schools. In 
addition a book a week was contributed to a school library and mentors 
were also provided for the ``City Stuff'' program. This program 
promoted an understanding of the working of city government for young 
Carlsbad school children.
  Michael's leadership also contributed to the hosting of exchange 
students from 11 foreign countries, the sponsorship of a Model UN 
Project, the building of a house for a needy family and dental care and 
financial aid for impoverished children in Mexico. Support was also 
provided to our deployed service personnel overseas.
  I hope my colleagues will join me in recognizing the many fine 
achievements of Michael Metts. Without question, his leadership and the 
fine work of the Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary Club are worthy of recognition 
by the House today.

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