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started her career as a teacher in the Inner 

London primary schools. In 1968, Ann immigrated to the United States. She taught firstgrade students at Kalamazoo School in Lansing, Michigan and then moved to San Francisco to become the head teacher at Jack and 

Jill Nursery School. 

After Ann had her first child, Frankie, she 

set up her own day care school in Berkeley. 

From there she moved across the Bay and 

became director of the Daly City Community 

of Children’s Services. She established the 

first local state-funded childcare in the basement of a church in the Bayshore neighborhood in 1978—the birthplace of Bayshore 

Child Care Services. Never afraid to take on 

big projects, Ann moved into a dilapidated 

Navy school built in 1943 and started renovating the new home of her growing child 

care center. The renovations have been ongoing and even now, a community kitchen is 

being built in the Midway Center. 

The Midway Center became the flagship of 

Bayshore Child Care Services and Ann won 

numerous contracts to expand her services to 

more families in San Mateo County to include 

the Parkview Center and the 87th Street Center. I had the pleasure to work with Ann when 

she partnered with the David and Lucile Packard Foundation to build the Mission Center, a 

custom-designed center that serves infants 

and toddlers. 

Helping parents has always been the priority 

for Ann. She is a tireless and innovative advocate for families and has embraced father 

friendly programs, special needs programs, 

and coordinated services for families. She and 

the Peninsula community built another custom 

design, parent friendly preschool and resource 

center, the Price Street Center or Our Second 

Home. 

Ann has turned a single classroom day care 

center into five centers serving over 250 children every day and employing 50 individuals, 

primarily teachers. 

As Ann has reached her well-deserved retirement, Bayshore Child Care Services will 

join forces with Peninsula Family Services. 

The combined organization will continue the 

mission of supporting families on limited resources and providing their children with safe 

and nurturing environments in which to learn 

and explore. 

Ann can now look forward to spending more 

time with her family including her husband of 

29 years, Mike Sims, and their daughter, 

Frankie S. Crawford. 

Mr. Speaker, I ask the House of Representatives to rise with me to honor Ann Kathleen 

Sims, a dear friend, an outstanding teacher 

and a powerful family advocate. She has 

made San Mateo County a better place to live 

and work for all of us. 

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COMMEMORATING ORBIS INTERNATIONAL FOR ITS 30 YEARS OF 

SAVING SIGHT AND REBUILDING 

LIVES IN THE DEVELOPING 

WORLD 

HON. STENY H. HOYER OF MARYLAND

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, July 31, 2012 

Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 

commend ORBIS International, an organization that has been an outstanding member of 

the global community for 30 years. I am proud 

to recognize its invaluable service and contributions to some of the most vulnerable populations in the world. 

ORBIS International is a U.S.-based global 

health organization dedicated to saving sight 

and eliminating avoidable blindness in developing countries. Created in 1982, ORBIS has 

conducted over 1,000 programs in 88 countries, trained over 288,000 healthcare professionals and touched the lives of 18 million children and adults. Today, we celebrate ORBIS 

International’s 30 years of commitment to preserving and restoring sight by strengthening 

the capacity of local institutions in developing 

nations in their efforts to prevent and treat 

blindness. 

The story of ORBIS International is a remarkable one. A grant from USAID and funds 

from private donors enabled ORBIS to begin 

its mission by successfully converting a plane 

into a fully functional teaching eye hospital, 

and in 1982 it flew to Panama on its first training mission. Today, the world’s only Flying 

Eye Hospital visits 6–8 nations each year conducting programs, training medical personnel, 

and providing eye care services. 

ORBIS is more than a Flying Eye Hospital 

with permanent programs and regional offices 

in the countries that have the highest prevalence of avoidable blindness. ORBIS has conducted more than 900 capacity building programs in its 30-year history. These capacity 

building programs were conducted through its 

six country and regional-based offices, the Flying Eye Hospital, and ORBIS’ in-country, hospital-based training sessions. 

In addition to treating a number of diseases 

of the eye that can cause blindness, ORBIS is 

also working in Africa to eliminate trachoma, 

one of the seven Neglected Tropical Diseases. 

Trachoma, an infectious disease found predominantly in developing countries, starts as 

an infection and progresses to corneal scarring. ORBIS International teaches surgical 

techniques and treatment for trachoma in Ethiopia and other developing countries. 

Blindness has profound human and socioeconomic consequences. The costs of lost 

productivity and of rehabilitation and education 

of the blind constitute a significant economic 

burden for the individual, the family and society. Investments in avoidable blindness and 

visual impairment offer not only economic and 

social returns in global health, but they dramatically improve the quality of life of individuals and families. ORBIS International is a 

trusted partner in the global coalition of organizations fighting preventable blindness. 

ORBIS programs and partnerships provide 

the skills, infrastructure and on-going support 

to build the capacity and skills necessary to 

sustain care at a local level. As a founding 

member of Vision 2020: The Right to Sight, a 

campaign led by the World Health Organization and other leading blindness prevention organizations to eliminate avoidable blindness 

by the year 2020, ORBIS is dedicated to working in partnership to create a world free of 

needless blindness. 

I am honored to join ORBIS International in 

celebrating its 30 year commitment toward 

achieving its goal of a world in which no one 

is needlessly blind, and where quality eye care 

is available to everyone. I want to thank 

ORBIS International for the lives it has 

touched and its leadership in providing valuable health and training services across the 

globe. 

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IN RECOGNITION OF THE 40TH 

ANNIVERSARY OF HIP HOUSING 

HON. JACKIE SPEIER 

OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, July 31, 2012 

Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor 

an outstanding non-profit in San Mateo County, HIP Housing, on the occasion of its 40th 

Anniversary. This remarkable organization has 

assisted thousands of disadvantaged and disabled residents giving them shelter and the 

opportunity to turn their lives around. 

Because of HIP Housing, over 1,000 individuals per year have a place to call home which 

makes for 1,000 stories of transformed lives. 

These are the stories of struggling mothers 

with high school educations going back to 

school, under the guidance of HIP Housing, to 

earn a degree. 

HIP Housing’s stories include those of families who, due to illness or a reduction in hours 

at work, injuries from an auto accident or dozens of other causes, cannot afford rent and 

are dangerously close to living on the street. 

HIP Housing offers a helping hand and a 

steady course to a secure future. 

The Home Sharing Program is a creative 

and effective way to match a home provider 

with a home seeker who pays rent or provides 

services. It cuts housing costs, promotes independence, provides companionship and increases security. Many strong friendships 

have started through the Home Sharing Program, and these friendships have transformed 

the lives of all involved. 

HIP Housing’s Self-Sufficiency Program 

helps low-income families set clear goals to 

become financially self-reliant within one or 

two years while receiving housing assistance 

and support services. Attending a graduation 

ceremony of this program is certain to make 

one cry. A long line of graduates traipse up to 

the microphone and recount how they developed parenting skills, earned a degree and 

landed a job, or learned the skills to start a 

business. One woman this year reported that 

she had moved from being nearly homeless to 

getting her college degree, and onward to 

making over $80,000 per year in hospital administration, all with the help of HIP’s counselors. The American Dream is alive at HIP 

Housing where housing is a right of everyone 

who wishes to work hard, and a need of all 

human beings who seek dignity. 

Mr. Speaker, I ask the House of Representatives to rise with me to honor the volunteers, 

staff, board members and foundations supporting HIP Housing. These are the quiet heroes who allow this organization to make San 

Mateo County a better place for all of us. HIP 

Housing is a shining example of what community service can be and can do to transform 

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IN HONOR OF SOUTH JERSEY 

OLYMPIANS 

HON. ROBERT E. ANDREWS OF NEW JERSEY

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, July 31, 2012 

Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 

honor our South Jersey Olympians: Tamika 

Catchings, basketball; Rachael Dawson, field 

hockey; Michelle Vittese, field hockey; Jordan 

Burroughs, wrestling; and Steve Kasprzyk, 

rowing. They have traveled to London to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. 

These athletes represent the United States 

on the world stage, affording them the distinct 

honor of serving as role models for citizens 

across South Jersey area and the entire nation. Their success, derived through hard work 

and dedication, and exemplified through athletic competition, is something every American 

can aspire to as a shining example of the 

American dream. In the same way our national ethos rewards fortitude and persistence, 

these athletes earned the opportunity to compete on the Olympic stage through long hours 

of training and sacrifice. 

Part of the Olympic Creed, originating from 

a speech by Ethelbert Talbot during the 1908 

London Games, states: ‘‘The essential thing is 

not to have conquered but to have fought 

well.’’ One hundred and four years later, as 

the Olympics return to London, the message 

rings as true as ever. Through fierce competition amongst the nations of the world, these 

athletes continually push the limits of human 

achievement. The resulting bonds of friendship, gained through equally world-class 

sportsmanship, enrich both these athletes and 

their nations. 

Mr. Speaker, the dedication of these South 

Jersey Olympians and their teammates to athletics and sportsmanship should not go unrecognized. I join all of South Jersey in expressing our pride in their efforts. 

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IN RECOGNITION OF THE OFFICER 

JEFFREY DICK 

HON. JACKIE SPEIER OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, July 31, 2012 

Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor 

Police Officer Jeffrey Dick who is retiring after 

more than three decades of protecting citizens 

in the Bay Area. 

Throughout his career Officer Dick has gone 

above and beyond the call of duty to support 

fellow officers and to serve our community. He 

began his law enforcement career in 1979 at 

the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department and 

has been an officer at the San Mateo Police 

Department since 1984. He has been a law 

enforcement liaison and board member for the 

Northern California Chapter of the Concerns of 

Police Survivors, an organization that provides 

assistance to the families of law enforcement 

officers killed in the line of duty and in that capacity he travels around the state to attend funerals of police officers and offer their families 

support. He makes sure they receive the benefits due to them from the state of California. 

As a member of the San Mateo Police Officers 

Association Board of Directors, Officer Dick 

held the position of president three times. For 

16 years he served as team captain for the 

San Mateo Critical Incident Stress Management Team, a non-profit organization that offers counseling, mentoring and follow-up for 

emergency personnel after crises. In 2010 he 

assisted emergency personnel following the 

San Bruno fire in spite of his fear of fire. 

In March 2003 he received the 2002 Peninsula Lions Club Heroism Award related to the 

pursuit and capture of two bank robbery suspects. 

His interests include Harley Davidson motorcycles and photography. His community volunteerism is noteworthy. He volunteers for the 

American Heart Association, the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, and other non-profit organizations as a photographer, and he has also 

volunteered at the Ronald McDonald House 

for more than 22 years. 

In his retirement Officer Dick looks forward 

to spending more time with his wife, Linda 

Barstow-Dick. Officer Dick has two grown children, Erin Kristine Templin and Brian Joseph 

Dick. He also has a grandson, Devin James 

Templin. 

Although Officer Dick is retiring from a long 

and meaningful career, he will continue to play 

a vital role in our community. Mr. Speaker, Officer Dick has dedicated his life to protecting 

residents of the Bay Area. I ask that the 

House of Representatives to join me in commending him for his extraordinary selflessness 

and service. 

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HONORING MARIAN CANNON 

SCHLESINGER ON HER 100TH 

BIRTHDAY 

HON. MICHAEL E. CAPUANO OF MASSACHUSETTS

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, July 31, 2012 

Mr. CAPUANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay 

tribute to my constituent, Marian Cannon 

Schlesinger who will celebrate her 100th birthday on September 13, 2012. I am proud to 

join her legions of friends and admirers, and 

her loving family, in honoring her. 

She was born the fortunate daughter of Dr. 

Walter Bradford Cannon, an eminent Harvard 

physiologist, and Cornelia James Cannon, a 

noted feminist writer. An alumna of Cambridge 

High and Latin School and Radcliffe College, 

she is the mother of four children, Andrew, 

Christina, Stephen and Katharine. Her rich 

and balanced life has been full of family, politics, painting, writing, and tennis. 

A strong Progressive voice and wise chronicler of her times, Marian Schlesinger has 

been for almost ten decades a force to be 

reckoned with in the feisty politics of her 

hometown, Cambridge, Massachusetts. She 

canvassed for local politicians as a teenager 

and later campaigned for Adlai Stevenson. 

With her husband, the historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., she was an active participant in 

President Kennedy’s New Frontier. Still today, 

she follows political news avidly, committed to 

democratic principles and Democratic ideals. 

Early in her life, she became a landscape 

and portrait painter of distinction, travelling extensively, painting people and places from 

China to Guatemala to Manchester, New 

Hampshire. She wrote and illustrated several 

children’s books. In her 70’s she began writing 

her memoirs, and she has published two spirited and insightful volumes chronicling a century of notable experiences in Cambridge, as 

well as her adventures around the world. She 

attributes her enduring vitality in part to her 

love of tennis which she played weekly, well 

into her mid-80s. 

With all these achievements, she made no 

claim to being a ‘‘celebrity.’’ She always was 

and she is today a good citizen. She made 

her mark with paints and with words, with hard 

work and political savvy. As Marian Cannon 

Schlesinger approaches her 100th birthday, 

she remains an inspiration to us all. 

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IN RECOGNITION OF THE 95TH 

BIRTHDAY OF MARTIN LITTON 

HON. JACKIE SPEIER OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, July 31, 2012 

Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor a 

legendary environmental hero on his 95th 

birthday. Martin Litton is the quintessential 

take-no-prisoner environmental activist of his 

era. Thanks to his perseverance and passion, 

there is no dam in the Grand Canyon and 

there is no Disney resort next to Sequoia National Park. 

Mr. Litton has been fighting for the environment for decades and still has plenty of fight 

left in him. He grew up in Gardena near Los 

Angeles and enjoyed hiking in the Southern 

Sierra as a child and teenager. When he was 

18, he wrote a letter to the LA Times denouncing the diversion of water from Mono 

Lake to the growing population of Los Angeles. His wrote, ‘‘The people of the entire state 

should rise up against the destruction of Mono 

Lake. Mono Lake is a gem-among California’s 

greatest scenic attractions.’’ It has been with 

this sentiment and determination that he pursued all battles in life. 

In the 1940s, Mr. Litton worked in the circulation department at the LA Times and started writing environmental freelance articles. He 

caught the attention of David Brower, executive director of the Sierra Club, who in 1952 

hired Mr. Litton for a campaign against the 

construction of two dams in Dinosaur National 

Monument. Mr. Litton explored the Green and 

Yampa rivers in a wooden dory and the resulting publicity helped persuade the Congress to 

vote against the dams in 1956. 

This was the first of many campaigns that 

stopped the building of dams. In 1964, Mr. Litton led a river trip through the Grand Canyon 

with David Brower, photographer Philip Hyde 

and writer Francois Leydet which led to the 

publication of the book Time and the River 

Flowing with photographs by Ansel Adams 

and Hyde. The Sierra Club then took out full 

page ads in the New York Times—Mr. Litton’s 

idea—opposing the building of a dam in the 

Grand Canyon. Public opposition to the project 

was sealed. 

Mr. Litton started his love affair with the 

Grand Canyon in 1955. He was only the 185th 

person to float the Colorado River first pioneered by John Wesley Powell. He continued 

to run the river for decades. In 1971 he founded Grand Canyon Dories and throughout the 

1970s and 80s led commercial trips. Other 

river runners used rubber rafts, but Mr. Litton 

preferred the small wooden boats that were 


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