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inspiring and empowering people across the 

world to discover, craft, and share their stories 

to: enliven and enrich performance—as teller 

and listener; celebrate our personal, community, and cultural heritage through the preservation of our stories and story traditions; and 

enhance health and wellness, education, and 

community services through the professional 

practice of storytelling. 

On October 5–7 of 2012, the ISC and the 

Jonesborough community are celebrating their 

40th anniversary of the National Storytelling 

Festival—the acclaimed event that launched 

the storytelling renaissance and transformed 

Jonesborough, the oldest town in Tennessee, 

into the Storytelling Capital of the World. 

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A TRIBUTE TO DENISE SHELDON 

2012 SACRED HEART PREPARATORY ATHLETIC HALL OF 

FAME AWARD RECIPIENT 

HON. ANNA G. ESHOO OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Friday, September 21, 2012 

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 

honor Denise Sheldon, a 1993 graduate of St. 

Joseph’s School and a 1997 graduate of Sacred Heart Preparatory. The School is proud 

to offer the Athletic Hall of Fame to honor her 

for her athletic achievements. The award recognizes contributions of alumni athletes, 

teams, coaches, and administrators of Sacred 

Heart Preparatory. Individuals like Denise 

Sheldon who are inducted into the Hall of 

Fame have made significant achievements in 

her sport of volleyball and exemplified the 

principals of sportsmanship and Christianity as 

illustrated in the Goals and Criteria of Sacred 

Heart Schools. 

Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me 

in honoring Denise Sheldon, an athlete who 

lives a life which embodies the goals and criteria of Sacred Heart Schools. She lives the 

five commitments of faith, respect, social 

awareness, community building and personal 

growth, and her contributions to her sport 

have strengthened our community and our 

country immeasurably. 

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RECOGNITION OF MR. ABU NASER 

KHALIQUZZAMAN 

HON. YVETTE D. CLARKE OF NEW YORK

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Friday, September 21, 2012 

Ms. CLARKE of New York. Mr. Speaker, I 

rise today to recognize the contributions of 

Abu Naser Khaliquzzaman, President of World 

Trade Promotion Center, Inc. to the Brooklyn 

community and to furthering democracy in his 

native Bangladesh. The contributions of Mr. 

Khaliquzzaman have included strengthening 

ties between the U.S. and Bangladesh, improving the quality of Bangladeshi democracy, 

and improving the Brooklyn community. 

World Trade Promotion Center, Inc. is a 

Brooklyn based producer and distributor of 

American food and agriculture commodities, 

which provides employment and prestige to 

the community. Mr. Khaliquzzaman’s sense of 

community and vital support has greatly benefitted the Brooklyn area. 

Mr. Abu Naser Khaliquzzaman, known as 

Zaman, acts as a community leader in his 

Brooklyn neighborhood and serves as a Board 

member for the Dahil Neighborhood Association. Zaman also served as a member of the 

Board of Directors of the Mid-Atlantic Soybean 

Association. 

Zaman has worked tirelessly to promote democracy in his native Bangladesh for many 

years, most notably acting as sponsor to a series of non-partisan community programs 

aimed at strengthening the future of Bangladesh by encouraging women to vote and 

become more active in politics, and calling attention to the foreign investment potential of 

Bangladesh. From an early age, Mr. 

Khaliquzzaman has understood the importance of democratic processes and has 

spread his understanding to his community following the Independence of Bangladesh from 

Pakistan. 

In response to the tragic events of September 11, 2001, Mr. Khaliquzzaman organized a press conference to condemn the acts 

of terrorism and convey to the Bangladeshi 

people how acts of terrorism ruin relations 

among nations. In the following years, Zaman 

Khaliquzzaman has worked to create unity 

among people of all walks of life and has 

sponsored a series of religious and civic 

events to these ends. 

Abu Naser Khaliquzzaman has also worked 

to improve relations between the US and Bangladesh by holding a series of events in 

Dhaka with the objective of finding common 

ground for peace and condemning international terrorism. Zaman Khaliquzzaman has 

dedicated efforts to facilitate cooperation and 

understanding between the United States and 

the Muslim world. 

Today, I rise to honor Mr. Abu Naser 

Khaliquzzaman for his contributions to the 

Brooklyn community and the U.S. relationship 

with the Muslim world. It is my honor to recognize Mr. Abu Naser Khaliquzzaman as a promoter of democracy and community in Brooklyn and abroad. 

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ROBERT E. LEE HIGH SCHOOL 

INTERACT CLUB 

HON. TED POE OF TEXAS

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Friday, September 21, 2012 

Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, today, I 

want to recognize the important contributions 

that the Robert E. Lee High School Interact 

Club has made to the Baytown, Texas community. For over 50 years, the club has proudly served our community. This is quite an accomplishment in and of itself, but in the last 

year alone, the club has completed over 900 

hours of community service. 

Sponsored by the Baytown Rotary, the 

club’s community service projects last year included the annual cancer fundraiser, Relay for 

Life; campus clean up events; hosting a Red 

Ribbon Week, and serving meals at the Baytown Thanksgiving community dinner. The 

club also held a Trick-or-Treat for Hunger 

event where it collected 1,587 canned goods 

to donate to our community. 

With a motto of ‘‘service above self’’, the 

club’s members are learning many important 

life lessons: how to be selfless; how to be a 

leader; how to be a person of integrity; how to 

respect others and how to help someone during a difficult time. The members may be 

young in age—only teenagers—but they are 

putting these life lessons into action and making important contributions to the Baytown 

community. 

The Baytown community has been enriched 

by the members of the Robert E. Lee Interact 

Club and will continue to be as the students 

put service above self for the next 50 years. 

And that’s just the way it is. 

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A TRIBUTE TO NANCY SULLIVAN 

STRETCH 2012 SPIRIT OF MATER 

AWARD RECIPIENT 

HON. ANNA G. ESHOO OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Friday, September 21, 2012 

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 

honor Nancy Sullivan Stretch, a 1957 graduate of the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Atherton, California. Nancy is being honored on 

October 20, 2012, with the coveted Spirit of 

Mater Alumni Award which recognizes alumni 

who ‘‘radiate Mater’s spark of divine spirit and 

who employ life in a manner representative of 

the Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton, Goals 

and Criteria. Schools of the Sacred Heart 

commit themselves to educate to a personal 

and active faith in God; a deep respect for intellectual values; a social awareness which impels to action; the building of community as a 

Christian value; and personal growth in an atmosphere of wise freedom.’’ 

Nancy is being honored for spending her life 

working toward fulfilling the goals and criteria 

of a Sacred Heard education. She served for 

eight years as Board President of Creativity 

Explored, a San Francisco organization devoted to supporting people with developmental 

disabilities in their quests to become working 

artists. She serves her parish as a Eucharistic 

Minister and founded the ‘‘Peanut Butter Brigade’’ which prepares hundreds of brown bag 

lunches and distributes them to the homeless 

of San Francisco. Her volunteers include small 

children, teens, adults and seniors. Nancy also 

served her community as an Assistant District 

Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco. 

Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me 

in honoring Nancy Sullivan Stretch, a woman 

who has lived a life which embodies the goals 

and criteria of Sacred Heart Schools. She 

lives the five commitments of faith, respect, 

social awareness, community building and 

personal growth, and her contributions have 

strengthened our community and our country 

immeasurably. 

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TRIBUTE TO KEN RIVERS 

HON. KEN CALVERT OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Friday, September 21, 2012 

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

honor and pay tribute to an individual whose 

dedication and contributions to the community 

of Riverside County are exceptional. Southwest Riverside has been fortunate to have dynamic and dedicated community leaders who 


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