[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 20]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 28056]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  CONGRATULATING ALICE EASON BALLANCE

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                         HON. G.K. BUTTERFIELD

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 23, 2007

  Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Madam Speaker, please join me in recognizing and 
congratulating Alice Eason Ballance of Winsor, North Carolina. Mrs. 
Ballance was recently named as this year's Experience Works Prime Time 
Award recipient for North Carolina. This national award program honors 
individuals over the age of 65 who continue to make meaningful 
contributions in the workplace, and who best reflect the 
characteristics of leadership, learning, mentoring and contributing to 
the nation and their local communities.
  Mrs. Ballance is highly deserving of this honor after a lifetime 
centered on helping others, particularly those who need assistance the 
most. She continues to work hard each day to help the poor and 
disadvantaged in eastern North Carolina and has realized many successes 
along the way.
  Mrs. Ballance understood the power of voting and mounted a highly 
successful voter registration drive where she personally taught people 
to read to enable them to overcome literacy tests. Among her many 
accomplishments, she has helped displaced sharecroppers find housing, 
worked to open the welfare system to anyone who needed assistance, and 
developed poverty and jobs programs.
  She has been recognized many times for her selfless efforts, with 
honors including the Long Leaf Pine Award from former North Carolina 
Governor James Hunt, a Community Service Award from former President 
Bill Clinton and the Nancy Susan Reynolds Award for Extraordinary 
Leadership.
  Today, the 88-year-old Mrs. Ballance still works 9 hours each day as 
the director of Kiddie World--Mary Alice Day Center overseeing the 
delivery of daycare services to 150 children and 25 adults. She is an 
energetic inspiration to all who know her. Mrs. Ballance embodies the 
true spirit of commitment and compassion; she has given all that she 
can to her community.
  The communities in eastern North Carolina are better for Mrs. 
Ballance's efforts, so it is a great honor for me to recognize the 
success and achievements of this outstanding resident of the First 
Congressional District of North Carolina.

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