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college, the mission of which is to educate aspiring physicians and scientists to serve society using a community-based, patient-centered, interprofessional and evidence-based 

model of education that promotes discovery 

and utilizes innovative techniques. 

The goal of the Commonwealth Medical 

College is to increase the number of physicians in northeastern Pennsylvania. During the 

next 20 years, the facility is expected to add 

425 practicing physicians to the region. It is 

also expected to add $70 million to the local 

economy once it opens and create 1,000 new 

jobs that directly and indirectly supports the facility’s operations. 

Ultimately, the project intends to create a 

unique medical education experience that fosters collaboration among interdisciplinary team 

members, patient-centered care and improving 

the health of the regional population. 

A graduate of New York Medical College, 

Dr. D’Alessandri earned his MD in 1971. He 

did an internship at Metropolitan Hospital in 

New York and was a fellow at the University 

of Florida, Division of Infectious Diseases. 

He is board certified in infectious diseases 

and a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is a member emeritus of the 

Association of American Medical Colleges and 

he served as chair of several committees. He 

was a member of the Accreditation Council for 

Graduate Medical Education Executive Committee and was Chairman in 1995–96. He 

served on the advisory committee for the 

AHC/HASA Center for Interdisciplinary, Community-Based, Learning of the Association of 

Academic Health Centers and was on the Regional Policy Board of the American Hospital 

Association. Dr. D’Alessandri is well published 

on a variety of subjects and has received numerous honors and awards throughout his career. 

Madam Speaker, please join me in congratulating Dr. D’Alessandri on this auspicious 

occasion. His selection as ‘‘Man of the Year’’ 

is a reflection of the respect with which he is 

held by the entire community and the high expectations the community has for the important mission he is leading. 

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IN MEMORY OF ANNETTA ‘‘ANNE’’ 

EVENSON OLIVER 

HON. ELTON GALLEGLY OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 2008 

Mr. GALLEGLY. Madam Speaker, I rise in 

memory of Annetta ‘‘Anne’’ Evenson Oliver, 

whose dedication to the health care profession, her family, her community, and her country will be long remembered. 

Anne died last week. By her side were her 

husband of 42 years, Jerry; her daughter, 

Chrissy; and her son, Jason. 

After graduating from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1962, Anne accepted a 

commission in the United States Navy Nurses 

Corps. She received an honorable discharge 

three years later with the rank of lieutenant, 

then served U.S. military veterans for the next 

30 years at the VA Hospital in San Fernando 

and the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center at Sepulveda, in Los Angeles, California. 

After her retirement from the Department of 

Veterans Affairs, Anne became a nursing educator and, for the past 11 years, was a nursing supervisor at Simi Valley Hospital in Simi 

Valley, California. 

An active mom as well, Anne was a Girl 

Scout and Cub Scout leader and a team mom 

and nurse. She served her community as an 

original member of Neighborhood Council #3 

in Simi Valley and a former board member of 

the Simi Valley Free Clinic. 

Madam Speaker, I know my colleagues join 

my wife, Janice, and me in offering our condolences to Jerry, Chrissy, and Jason and all 

who knew and loved Anne. Godspeed, Anne. 

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COMMEMORATING THE 

ESTABLISHMENT OF GALLERY 218 

HON. JAMES P. McGOVERN OF MASSACHUSETTS

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 2008 

Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I rise 

today to honor the efforts of the administration, students, and faculty of the Franklin Public Schools in Franklin, Massachusetts for establishing Gallery 218. 

Gallery 218 was created by converting a 

storage room off of the high school’s cafeteria 

into a pleasant and inviting space where exhibits of student artwork are proudly displayed. 

This gallery is open to the community to showcase how important a great art program is to 

a well-rounded education. 

The faculty who provide art education in 

Franklin are themselves great artists. I had the 

pleasure recently of visiting Gallery 218 where 

the current exhibit consists of works of art created by the faculty. I was extremely impressed 

with the quality and variety of artwork on display. 

Madam Speaker, I am certain that the entire 

House of Representatives joins me in congratulating the administration and faculty of 

the Franklin Public Schools for their exemplary 

efforts to promote the arts in their schools by 

establishing Gallery 218. 

I am including in the RECORD a recent article from the Milford Daily News about this terrific project. 

[From the Milford Daily News, Sept. 24, 2008] 

ART TEACHERS LEAD BY EXAMPLE

(By Heather McCarron) 

FRANKLIN.—The old myth, ‘‘Those who can, 

do, and those who can’t, teach,’’ has been 

proven completely false by the town schools’ 

art faculty. 

Mike Caple, art director for the School Department, is joining other members of the K– 

12 art faculty this fall in an exhibit that 

proves ‘‘these teachers can do.’’ 

To open the second season of the schools’’ 

new art space, Gallery 218, many of the 17 

members of the art and visual media faculty 

will be displaying their work to the public 

through Nov. 7. 

An opening reception at the gallery, located at Franklin High, was held last Tuesday. 

In addition to being instructors, ‘‘we are 

all practicing artists,’’ said Caple, who 

teaches Advanced Placement studio art, photography and introductory courses. ‘‘To be 

an effective visual instructor, you have to 

practice what you do.’’ 

He said he and fellow teachers thought it 

would be a great way to start off the year at 

Gallery 218, which debuted last April, ‘‘by 

showing what we can do.’’ 

He thinks it’s important, especially for 

students, to see ‘‘one, that we are practicing 

artists and we go through the same process 

as they do. And, secondly, to show them 

what they can do.’’ 

It’s also important to connect with the 

greater community, Caple said, and demonstrate how meaningful a great art program is to a well-rounded education. 

‘‘We really want to show the value of that 

to the community,’’ said Caple, whose main 

focus is photography. 

The teachers’ work runs the gamut from 

abstract pieces done in acrylics and oils, to 

watercolors, sculpture, photography and 

film. 

Caple has included black-and-white images 

featuring his daughters, as well as a photographic digital collage that is an emotional 

exploration of the loss of his brother years 

ago in a car accident. 

‘‘I’ve photographed my family since high 

school,’’ Caple said. ‘‘Always black and 

white. It’s just how I see it. I’m interested in 

the non-posed moments. I’m interested in 

capturing moments in between the poses.’’ 

Video production teacher Nick Bailey’s 

work in the exhibit includes ‘‘The Director,’’ 

his 15-minute thesis film ‘‘about a kid trying 

to make a movie to impress people.’’ 

Bailey thinks having the teachers show 

their work is a great idea. ‘‘We’ve got a lot 

of talented artists that are teachers,’’ he 

said. 

Lauren Jezierski, who teaches ceramics, 

sculpture and advanced 3–D, has mixed 

media pieces in the show. ‘‘They’re all selfportraits of different types, in different mediums. There’s wood, there’s acrylic paint, 

even sewing,’’ she said, noting, ‘‘I like kind 

of repeating the same subject, but in different ways, telling different stories.’’ 

She thinks the show is not only a way for 

the community to see the instructors’ talents, it’s also a way for the artists to connect with, and inspire, each other. 

‘‘We don’t get to see each other’s work 

much,’’ she said. 

Pam Ziegler, a graphic design teacher at 

the high school, contributed abstract watercolors developed from photographs she took 

in Italy, in addition to a ‘‘found object sculpture’’ about the process of creativity. 

‘‘I always say teachers should live what 

they teach. Otherwise, it’s not really authentic,’’ Ziegler said. 

Jane Hogan teaches the honors portfolio 

class and, besides a portrait and some abstract works, has contributed a handmade 

portfolio that, in part, explores her careers 

as a teacher and an artist. She describes herself as someone leading ‘‘kind of a dual life 

of teaching and doing art.’’ 

‘‘It’s important as a teacher to also do 

your own work,’’ she stressed. ‘‘You stay 

fresh. Your creativity stays in use.’’ 

Amy Radcliffe, who teaches painting, 

printmaking, portfolio, drawing and introductory art courses, has prints in the exhibit, made by running a painted metal plate 

through a press. She also is showing two 

paintings which are explorations of the same 

subject: An old, beat-up typewriter she found 

in the woods. 

‘‘I just thought it was a real interesting 

piece that must have had some history to 

it,’’ Radcliffe explained. 

When she is teaching, Radcliffe said, ‘‘I try 

to remind the kids that I’m an artist, too, 

and I’ve been through the same struggles.’’ 

She said it’s also fun to see her colleagues’ 

work. ‘‘It’s a little more insight into their 

personalities and styles,’’ Radcliffe said. 

Artist Emily Ortmann included an acrylic 

abstract painting in the show, and two pieces 

of hand-painted, sandblasted glass. 

Having grown up on Long Island—‘‘Jackson Pollock land’’—she said, ‘‘a lot of my influence is from abstract expressionists.’’ 


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‘‘There’s so many different styles,’’ she 

said of the faculty show. 

Zachary Breeze, who teaches computeraided drafting at the high school, is a casein-point. His piece, called ‘‘The Pool Hall,’’ is 

a 3–D image created using a computer. 

‘‘I use a program called Solid Works,’’ he 

said. ‘‘Basically, you create an object in the 

program and make it three dimensional.’’ 

Remington Middle School art teacher 

Rosanne Gosch contributed two abstract 

pieces which, she said, are ‘‘very different 

from anything I had ever made before,’’ having been classically trained. 

As a teacher, she said, she usually shares 

work in the form of project examples and 

demonstrations. But the faculty art show, 

she said, ‘‘is a little bit more personal, inviting the public, and not just our students, to 

have a peek into our private selves.’’ 

‘‘I’m always very comfortable showing off 

other people’s work, but a little protective of 

my own, so this is a good opportunity for me 

to just get over myself already,’’ she said. 

Jefferson Elementary School art teacher 

Jennifer McCarthy created a still life in oil 

and a pastel from a class she took this summer on Cape Cod. 

What inspires her, she said, ‘‘is the message we can send and portray with the images we create.’’ 

Being able to share the work is key, and 

McCarthy loves that Franklin’s art teachers 

and students have somewhere to do that. 

‘‘I think the gallery really sends a message 

that art is important, we appreciate its 

value and look at all the great work that is 

being produced by our teachers and by the 

students,’’ she said. 

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HONORING THE LIFE AND 

MEMORY OF ED VOLLENWEIDER 

HON. THADDEUS G. McCOTTER OF MICHIGAN

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 2008 

Mr. MCCOTTER. Madam Speaker, today I 

rise to honor Ed Vollenweider, a community 

leader, and World War II hero, and mourn him 

upon his passing at age 87. 

Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1921, the son of 

Swiss immigrants, Ed Vollenweider grew up 

on a small dairy farm in New Glarus, Wisconsin. Ed joined the U.S. Air Force and became a successful B-26 bomber pilot garnering 72 missions in the European theater of 

World War II. One of the many B-26 planes he 

flew, Flak Bait, now rests in the Smithsonian 

Institution in Washington, DC. After his tour of 

duty ended, he briefly attended the University 

of Minnesota where he met and married Gloria 

Boehmke. Ed and Gloria owned and operated 

Larsen’s Teal Lake Resort in Hayward, Wisconsin from 1947 to 1950. Sadly, in 1986 after 

39 years of marriage, Ed’s wife, Gloria passed 

away. In 1965, along with two partners, Ed 

opened the Detroiter Truckstop in Woodhaven, 

Michigan, where he served as President and 

CEO. For 43 years, the Detroiter Truckstop 

became an institution and landmark of southeast Michigan. Ed was also an active board 

member of the National Association of Truck 

Stop Operators, Michigan Trucking Association, Grosse Ile Golf and Country Club, and 

the National Rifle Association. 

Tragically, Ed passed away on September 

28, 2008 and will be cherished as a devoted 

husband and father. To his wife, Faith, to his 

sons Edward and Billy, sisters Ruth Esser and 

Hulda Wesner; and to everyone who knew 

and loved him, Ed was a dedicated member of 

his community who will be truly missed. 

Madam Speaker, during his lifetime, Ed 

Vollenweider enriched the lives of everyone 

around him by exhibiting courage, leadership, 

and spirit. As we bid farewell to this outstanding individual, I ask my colleagues to join 

me in mourning his passing and honoring his 

many years of loyal service to his community 

and our country. 

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HONORING REGINA CORBIN 

HON. CAROLYN McCARTHY OF NEW YORK

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 2008 

Mrs. McCARTHY of New York. Madam 

Speaker, I rise in honor of Regina Corbin for 

her remarkable contributions to her community. Ms. Corbin has led a life of selfless devotion that is inspiring to all. Over the course of 

her adult life, she has established a successful 

career, an admirable and distinguished record 

of service, and is a proud wife, mother, and 

grandmother. 

Regina has always been passionate about 

helping others. She has worked two jobs, one 

for 29 years as a Registered Respiratory Therapist at North Shore LIJ and another at the 

Nassau County Board of Elections for the past 

14 years, where she currently works. 

Regina’s service to the community is not 

limited to her work experience. Regina has 

and continues to take the initiative in being a 

proactive community leader and organizer. As 

a mother, she has been active in the Girl 

Scouts and Boy Scouts of the America. Additionally, her continued support of Glory House 

Recovery, Inc., a residence recovery program 

designed specifically for women, is a testament to her good will. As a ‘‘Democratic Zone 

Leader’’, she has reached out to the community and educated citizens on the political 

process. In doing so, she has assisted countless men and women in drawing attention to 

their respective needs. 

Her work has yielded tangible and productive change. After receiving a letter from an elementary school child in upstate New York 

whose friend was killed by an electronic gym 

door, she made it her priority to see that such 

a tragedy be prevented. As State PTA chairperson of the NYS Health/Safety and Juvenile 

Protection Committee, she used her unrelenting commitment and passion to get appropriate safety legislation adopted. 

Regina’s work is surely inspiring to us all, 

and I am immensely grateful to her for all she 

has done. I ask my colleagues to join me in 

expressing the gratitude of the U.S. Congress 

for her extensive contributions to society. 

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HONORING THE ACCOMPLISHMENT 

OF ED LOVE 

HON. JOHN CONYERS JR. OF MICHIGAN

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 2008 

Mr. CONYERS. Madam Speaker, I rise 

today to express my gratitude for my fellow 

jazz enthusiast and Detroiter, Ed Love. For 

more than 24 years, Ed Love has delighted 

listeners with ‘‘Destination Jazz: The Ed Love 

Program,’’ on weekdays from 7 p.m. to midnight on WDET 101.9 FM. Ed’s passion for 

jazz and radio extends all the way back to his 

youth in Kansas, when he was an avid listener 

of his mother’s records and hosts like Dick 

Martin of WWL in New Orleans. After graduating from broadcasting school, Ed worked 

for Armed Forces Radio in several states and 

in the Philippines. Starting in 1960, he worked 

at various stations throughout Detroit until joining WDET in 1983. Ed has not only entertained Detroit radio listeners throughout his 

impressive career, but also spent six years 

hosting a nationally syndicated program entitled ‘‘The Evolution of Jazz,’’ educating and 

entertaining listeners on 125 stations from 

coast to coast. 

Ed was honored for his contribution to the 

world of jazz with the ‘‘Distinguished Achievement Award’’ from the Motor City Music Foundation. Ed was recognized by the Friends of 

the Detroit Institute of Arts with the ‘‘Dr. Alian 

Locke Award’’ in 1999 for his contributions to 

the arts. He’s earned two ‘‘Spirit of Detroit 

Awards’’ from Detroit Mayors Coleman A. 

Young and Dennis W. Archer. The Michigan 

House of Representatives, the Michigan Senate, the Congressional Black Caucus and the 

National Broadcast Awards have all recognized him for his profound knowledge and love 

of jazz. The Southeast Michigan Jazz Association (SEMJA) recognized Ed for his outstanding contribution to jazz and the arts. In 

2005, Ed received the ‘‘Detroit Jazz Guardian’’ 

Award from the Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts and the Detroit International Jazz 

Festival. Ed was also honored in 2005 with 

the ‘‘Distinguished Arts Achievement’’ award 

from the Oakland County chapter of The 

Links. He has also served as the senior program consultant for the Detroit International 

Jazz Festival since 2000. 

In the wake of the collapse of the International Association of Jazz Educators, Ed 

Love and other jazz advocates will be even 

more important in the preservation of one of 

our Nation’s treasures and original art forms, 

jazz. I know that as long as jazz has stewards 

like Ed Love, we can be assured that it will be 

taught and will thrive the future. Through his 

work, Ed Love has and will continue to inspire 

generations of performers, educators, and students for years to come. 

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CELEBRATING FILIPINO AMERICAN 

HERITAGE MONTH 

HON. NEIL ABERCROMBIE OF HAWAII

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 2008 

Mr. ABERCROMBIE. Madam Speaker, I rise 

today in honor of Filipino American Heritage 

Month. It is with great pleasure that I join Filipinos across the country in recognizing the 

history, culture, and accomplishments of Filipino Americans. Filipino American Heritage 

Month has been celebrated nationwide every 

October since 1988, and the Hawaii State 

Legislature, on April 15, 2008, was the first 

governing body to officially recognize the 

month. 

There are nearly 4 million people of Filipino 

descent in the United States, and a sizeable 


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