[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 13428]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   A LIFETIME OF SERVICE BY MARGE JOHANNES OF SAUK RAPIDS, MINNESOTA

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                         HON. MICHELE BACHMANN

                              of minnesota

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 21, 2009

  Mrs. BACHMANN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Marge Johannes of 
Sauk Rapids, Minnesota as she celebrates her 90th birthday. Marge is 
known as ``Grandma Marge'' to the students at Pleasantview Elementary 
School, where she volunteers as a Foster Grandparent, a role she has 
played for over 20 years.
  As a Foster Grandma, Marge spends four hours a day helping students 
and assisting the teachers. She even takes time to provide childcare 
for the Adult Basic Education classes. When many students and teachers 
are taking a break from school, Grandma Marge helps with the summer 
school programs in the Sauk Rapids-Rice School District. She is the 
definition of grace, bringing a love of learning to the schools at 
which she volunteers and sharing a smile with all she meets. All the 
students know that her favorite book is the dictionary, because she 
likes to learn something new every day and she spreads that kind of 
earnest enthusiasm everywhere she goes.
  It is my honor to rise to wish Grandma Marge a ``Happy Ninetieth 
Birthday'' today and to thank her for her lifetime of service to her 
community. She is a teacher to us all, demonstrating the important 
values of service and citizenship. But, to the children, she is so much 
more: She's a member of their family; their Grandma Marge.

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