while living in dixon, president reagan attended grade school and high school. decades before standing at the brandonberg gate, he stood guard at the beach where according to local lore he saved the lives of 77 swimmers in the rock river. for the centennial of president reagan's birth next year, the communities are planning numerous commemorative activities to honor the local hero and american icon. there will be a guolla event in february followed later that month by the premiere of an arrangement commissioned by the reag centennial commission and the dixon municipal band. later that year, dixon will host a alzheimer's walk and education workshop in honor of the late president. . with the help of the house we can make dixon the focal point of the reagan centennial in 2011. this is a truly bipartisan bill with republican and democratic co-sponsors representing districts across the country. i urge my colleagues to support it and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempor the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. blumen