Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Juliann Budimir, who will receive the 2002 Betty Preston Award for Civic Achievement at the 35th annual NewsPress Achievements Awards at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California on May 15, 2002. Each year, this award is given to a volunteer who demonstrates extraordinary commitment and dedication to civic achievement.
Juliann Budimir was nominated by the Oakmont League of Glendale. She has served for three years as President, two years as Vice President, and one year as Treasurer of the Northwest Glendale Homeowners Association Board of Directors. She worked with homeowners to identify issues of community concern and then acted as a liaison to city departments to help resolve those issues and concerns. Her major triumph was getting a stop sign installed at the dangerous intersection of Kenneth Road and Sonora Avenue.
Juliann was a representative for the Greater Downtown Glendale Strategic Plan and for the study sessions for Glendale's Hillside Ordinance. She served in many leadership roles for the Glendale Homeowners Coordinating Council and was its representative to the City of Glendale Sign Ordinance Study Session Committee for two years.
She served as Director of the Music Mobile program of the Glendale Junior Philharmonic, teaching elementary school children about classical music by taking a van loaded with instruments to schools for on-stage demonstrations.
She is President of the Oakmont League, a philanthropic organization that sponsors an annual egg hunt party for the Salvation Army Day Care Center and provides scholarships to public high school and Glendale Community College students.
For her laudable civic, philanthropic and music education endeavors that have helped make Glendale a better community, I ask all Members of Congress to join me in congratulating Juliann Budimir upon receiving the 2002 Betty Preston Award for Civic Achievement.