[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 120 (Sunday, August 21, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                    HONORING MARK AND CARLA KUTSHER

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                        HON. MAURICE D. HINCHEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Sunday, August 21, 1994

  Mr. HINCHEY. Mr. Speaker, and esteemed colleagues, I rise today to 
pay tribute to Mark and Carla Kutsher, two people in my district who 
have helped their community in endless ways over the course of time, 
and who will be honored with the Anti-Defamation League's 1994 
Americanism Award.
  As Vice President of Kutsher Country Club, Mark Kutsher has become 
the third generation of Kutshers to operate this major resort hotel. 
After the birth of their children, Carla came to work for the hotel as 
director in the convention sales office. They understood from the 
beginning the importance of being involved in the community, and their 
desire to help in any way they could led them to becoming active 
participants in a number of organizations and worthwhile causes.
  Both Mr. and Mrs. Kutsher have been involved with Community General 
Hospital and the American Heart Association in varied capacities. Mrs. 
Kutsher is a past member of the executive board of the Community 
General Hospital, and was honored with the Auxiliary Woman of the Year 
Award in 1985, while Mr. Kutsher is a past member of the Orange 
Rockland Sullivan Board of the American Heart Association. Both Mark 
and Carla Kutsher understand the importance of the health of their 
community, and have worked hard to try and improve it in any way they 
can.
  Education is yet another area the Kutshers have lent their support 
and dedication to. Mark and Carla Kutsher, both University of 
Pennsylvania graduates, believe that if we are ever going to realize 
our country's ideal of personal freedoms and individual dignities we 
must strive to educate the people around us. Mr. Kutsher serves on the 
board of the Sullivan County Community College Foundation and Mrs. 
Kutsher is a volunteer tutor for the Literacy Volunteers of America, a 
national organization dedicated to teaching adults to read. Many local 
charitable and civic causes have benefitted from Mark and Carla 
Kutsher's assistance.
  Mr. and Mrs. Kutsher have been independently active in the Anti-
Defamation League, and are firmly committed to the principles and goals 
of the organization. Mr. Kutsher has been a member of the regional 
board for many years and during that time has been very active in 
raising funds while at the same time has chaired many of the ADL's 
events. Mrs. Kutsher is a board member of the Woman's Division of the 
Metropolitan New York Region, and her help to the organization has been 
invaluable.
  I salute Mark and Carla Kutsher for the generous commitments they 
have made, not only to the Anti-Defamation League, but to all 
organizations and causes that touch the lives of so many people. I 
thank them for their effort and dedication to helping increase the 
quality of life for all those in our community. We are all humbled by 
their leadership and humanity.

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