[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 13249-13250]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING EUNICE BOROVIK

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                           HON. MIKE QUIGLEY

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 15, 2010

  Mr. QUIGLEY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of a 
great and respected Chicagoan, Eunice Borovik, who recently passed away 
at the age of 88. Eunice Borovik was a woman who lived life to the 
fullest, and the friends and family she had are a testament to the 
quality of her character and the type of woman she was.
  Eunice's top priority was always her family and the love and support 
they provided her was most important in her life. She married her 
husband, Jerry, and together the couple raised two sons, George and his 
wife Jolanta, and Andrew and his wife Catherine. Her family also 
includes her two grandsons, Jed and Caleb.
  Following her 1979 election, Eunice continued her voluntary tenure as 
Portage Park Chamber of Commerce President for 21 years. As Alderman 
Levar stated in a City Council resolution, ``Eunice Z. Borovik has 
created, planned and helped carry out projects beneficial to all those 
good citizens who have lived, worked, and prospered in Portage Park . . 
. , heralding an era of uncommon growth and achievement.'' She improved 
the long overdue streetscape in the early 1980s and worked with what is 
now known as the Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS) in the 
Chicago Police Department to reduce crime.
  Eunice and her late husband were owners and managers of the local Bee 
Drug Store in the Cragin neighborhood and the family business, Borovik 
Drug Company in Portage Park, for nearly 35 years. Following her 
retirement as president of the Portage Park Chamber of Commerce in 
2000, the City Council of Chicago gave a portion of West Irving Park 
Road the honorary name ``Eunice Borovik Way.''

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  Madam Speaker, Eunice Borovik was an inspiration to all who knew her. 
I ask my colleagues to join me in commemorating her incredible life and 
her extraordinary contributions to the Portage Park and Irving Park 
communities.

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