[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 2320]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING THE KIWANIS CLUB OF FINDLAY ON ITS NINETIETH ANNIVERSARY

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                            HON. JIM JORDAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, March 2, 2010

  Mr. JORDAN of Ohio. Madam Speaker, I am honored to pay tribute to the 
Kiwanis Club of Findlay, Ohio, as it celebrates 90 years of service to 
the greater Findlay area.
  Since 1915, Kiwanians have been dedicated to ``changing the world one 
child and one community at a time.'' Chartered 90 years ago today, the 
Kiwanis Club of Findlay has answered this call from the start, playing 
a vital role in supporting youth programs throughout Hancock County.
  Findlay's Kiwanians proudly sponsor local Key Clubs and K-Kids 
programs, support the University of Findlay's Circle K Club, and 
inspire our country's future leaders through the Hugh O'Brian Youth 
Leadership Program. For more than 70 years, they have sponsored Boy 
Scout Citizenship Day to help young people learn about the duties and 
responsibilities of their local government officials.
  The club is well known for its outstanding scholarship programs, 
which to date have seen in excess of $100,000 awarded to more than one 
hundred students. It developed this program in recognition of its 
longtime secretary and treasurer, Fred Brucklacher, a lifelong advocate 
of higher education.
  In 2007, in the aftermath of devastating flooding throughout the 
Findlay area, the Findlay Kiwanis led efforts to raise more than 
$17,000 in cash and school supplies to donate to students and families 
in need.
  Madam Speaker, the club will mark its anniversary with a dinner this 
evening, where Kiwanis International Vice President Alan Penn and Ohio 
District Governor Donald Parker will lead the tributes to the club's 
long history of service. Among the honorees will be Dwight Snyder, Jr., 
a former state chapter officeholder who has compiled a 40-year record 
of perfect attendance at local meetings.
  I invite my colleagues to join me in saluting the Kiwanis Club of 
Findlay on its ninetieth anniversary and wishing its members every 
success in the future.

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