[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 2119]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                      RECOGNIZING MAYOR CURT ANDRE

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 23, 2007

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
Honorable Curt Andre for his many years of service and leadership to 
the City of Turlock and greater Central Valley. Mayor Andre has served 
as the Mayor of Turlock for an unprecedented seventeen years and as the 
Chairman of Turlock's Planning Commission for the previous eight years.
  Mayor Andre was born and raised in Turlock and--after earning a 
degree in optometry from the University of California at Berkeley--he 
returned to Turlock to start his profession. Mayor Andre has since 
served as the President of Statesmen of Stanislaus, the President of 
Turlock's Active 20-30 Club, a member of the United States Conference 
of Mayors, and a member of the California State University Advisory 
Board.
  In addition to these roles, Mayor Andre has served as the Chairman of 
the Turlock Planning Commission and Mayor of Turlock for a total of 
twenty-nine. Overseeing the growth of a town from roughly 30,000 to 
over 70,000, Mayor Andre has been a much needed element of consistency 
in Turlock's time of transition.
  For his commitment to a better quality of life in Turlock, Mayor 
Andre has received the Paul Harris Award, the Distinguished Public 
Service Award from Rotary District 5220, the 2004 Citizen of the Year 
Award from the Turlock Chamber of Commerce, and the 2006 Outstanding 
Community Leader from the California State University at Stanislaus.
  Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize Mayor Andre for his many years of 
service and dedication to the residents of Turlock. I urge my 
colleagues to join me in wishing him many years of continued happiness 
and success.

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