[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 19]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 27184]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING VIOLET HEINTZ

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 15, 2007

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Violet 
Heintz upon being named one of ``The 2007 Women of Distinction'' by The 
Fresno County and City Republican Women Federated.
  Mrs. Heintz served on the Fresno County Board of Education for 32 
years. She has demonstrated her lifelong commitment to community 
service through numerous education projects and community activities 
benefiting the children of Fresno County. Her dedication to education 
advancements led Mrs. Heintz to serve on the original governing board 
and licensee for the local television channel KVPT Channel 18. KVPT is 
better known as Valley Public Television and is one of only 14 channels 
in California that is part of the Public Broadcasting System. The 
mission of the station is to ``deliver information through broadcast 
programming and related services to enhance and promote life long 
learning.'' This is also the mission of Mrs. Heintz. She has served on 
the Fresno County Trustees Association's Executive Board, the Central 
Valley Technology Center committee and the Fresno County Educator of 
the Year committee.
  Her involvement in and contributions to the community have been 
recognized through many awards, including; the Fresno County 
Association of California School Administrator's Golden Apple Award, 
California and National PTA Honorary Service Award, Women of the Year 
finalist, Fresno County Status of Women, Phi Delta Kappa Community 
Education Award, the William E. Nili Scholarship Service Award, and the 
Alison Berg Award. In recognition of her timeless service, on April 23, 
1999, The Elkhorn Correctional Facility Boot Camp in Fresno County was 
dedicated in her honor. The school is now called the Violet Heintz 
Education Academy. The Academy is designed to educate students that 
have been committed by the Juvenile Court to a long-term program for 
non-violent offenders. This dedication is a tribute to all of the great 
things that Mrs. Heintz has done for the Fresno County Department of 
Education.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today to commend and congratulate Violet Heintz 
upon being awarded ``The 2007 Women of Distinction''. I invite my 
colleagues to join me in wishing Mrs. Heintz many years of continued 
success.

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