[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 18]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 24709]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      FORMER FIRST LADY ALICE KING

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                             HON. TOM UDALL

                             of new mexico

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 10, 2008

  Mr. UDALL of New Mexico. Madam Speaker, Like so many New Mexicans, 
Alice King's biggest contribution to our state was her children. Unlike 
other New Mexicans, though, Alice's children include thousands of young 
New Mexicans helped by her work over nearly three decades.
  Every girl who has experienced New Mexico's Girls Ranch; every boy 
treated at Carrie Tingley Children's Hospital; every child protected by 
the Children, Youth and Families Department: all owe a debt of 
gratitude to the inimitable Alice King. She will be remembered for her 
charm; her down-to-earth dignity; and, her fierce commitment to public 
service.
  Alice's journey from the ranches of Moriarty to the Governor's 
Mansion might have changed a woman with less courage and confidence. 
But Alice never forgot the values she had been raised with. She never 
turned her back on the small towns of our state. And she never lost the 
strong sense of community obligation that she learned in Moriarty. She 
remained rooted in a place and a time where your neighbor's children 
were your responsibility, and she brought that sense of duty to her 
work in Santa Fe and around the State.
  Jill and I send our prayers to Alice's son Gary and the rest of her 
remarkable family. They, and the rest of New Mexico, have lost a truly 
great woman.

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