[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 22102]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO STEVE RINGLEE

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                            HON. TOM LATHAM

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 17, 2009

  Mr. LATHAM. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize and congratulate Steve 
Ringlee, a resident of Ames, Iowa, for being honored as the Ames 
Tribune's 2009 Citizen of the Year.
   For more than a decade, Steve has shown his compassion by sharing 
breakfast at McDonalds with the city's homeless and dispossessed. His 
once a week breakfasts are filled with talk and prayer as a way to 
reach out to those in need. He is motivated by his strong Christian 
faith and follows the golden rule of loving your neighbor as yourself.
   Steve moved to Ames in 1990 and has served as the president of the 
Ames Community School Board and vice chair of the Ames Education 
Foundation. Not only does Steve hold weekly prayer breakfasts, he helps 
men at the local shelter locate jobs and permanent housing. He helps 
with automobile repairs and directing men to Skunk River Cycles who 
assist shelter men with bicycle repairs.
   I know my colleagues in the United States Congress join me in 
congratulating Steve Ringlee for receiving the Citizen of the Year 
Award. I thank Steve for his willingness to volunteer his time and 
uplift so many people in need within his community. I consider it a 
great honor to represent Steve in Congress and I wish him the best in 
his future service to those in need.

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