[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7612]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK

  (Mrs. BUSTOS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Stew Adams, 
who has been recognized by the Illinois Education Association as its 
2014 Retired Teacher of the Year.
  I am proud to say that Stew is a constituent of mine and has spent 
years teaching special education in the Rock Island/Milan School 
District.
  In addition to his teaching duties, Stew was a tutor and a mentor to 
many young students in the Rock Island School District. He also 
contributed to the Rock Island Safe Schools program and has been an 
adviser to the Illinois State Board of Higher Education and Special 
Education and founder of the Western Illinois Retired Educators.
  In addition to thanking Stew for his service to our community, I also 
want to take this opportunity to thank the teachers that I have had and 
have taught so many of our youngsters across our country during Teacher 
Appreciation Week. Their hard work and dedication to our children is 
both awe-inspiring and invaluable.
  Our communities simply could not function without our educators, and 
I want to thank them.

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