Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I rise today, I would like to pay tribute to a well known and respected elderly couple from my constituency, Mr. Freddie Greenland and his wife, Bella. This couple has been blessed with ten girls who were raised and educated for their high school years in the north. This coming Saturday, May 30, 1998, the family will be celebrating the graduation of their youngest daughter, Sharla and their first granddaughter, Kimberly, both in Whitehorse, Yukon. Mr. Speaker, the Greenland girls were educated in various provinces and territories and a few cities such as Saskatoon, Edmonton, Calgary, Fort Smith and Whitehorse, also in the TEP program that was delivered in Aklavik. They were educated in fields such as social work, teaching in special needs, adult education, nursing and native business management.
Mr. Greenland was educated at George Brown College in Toronto. This is quite an achievement on the part of Mr. and Mrs. Greenland, and they both deserve a round of applause and recognition from our government for a job well done as parents and good role models to their children and grandchildren. I would also like to offer my congratulations to Mrs. Annie Kay on obtaining her Bachelor's degree of Education on Monday at the University of Saskatchewan. I also would like to congratulate her parents, William and Mary Teya of Fort McPherson, who I am sure, are proud of Annie's accomplishments which took a lot of hard work and dedication. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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