[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 42 (Thursday, April 10, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E627-E628]
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                      HONORING TISBE FALCONE DiMEO

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 10, 1997

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, today, I would like to praise a woman whose 
contributions are the kind which go unnoticed by society at large but 
which mean so much to the people who are directly affected. Tisbe 
Falcone DiMeo is such a person. For more than 20

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years she has worked at the board of education in Public School 87 in 
the Bronx where she was a school lunch aide. But it was the personality 
and charm she brought to the kitchen which made it distinct. Mrs. DiMeo 
turned this into an area where teachers would come to relax, to talk 
about work and themselves, to take that vital time which reinvigorates 
us. That kitchen was such a center of the school that the principals 
would drop in to become a closer part of that small community. Mrs. 
DiMeo personifies the person we all remember who made school more like 
home than an institution, the one we always speak foundly of. As a 
former teacher I can appreciate the atmosphere created by such a 
person. I have also had the opportunity to witness first hand the 
warmth and charm of this caring individual. She is the mother-in-law of 
my administrative assistant, John Calvelli.
  On the evening of Friday, April 11, 1997, members and friends of PS 
87 will be hosting a dinner to celebrate a new chapter in Mrs. DiMeo's 
life: her retirement. I salute her and thank her for all she has given 
to the school, its teachers and its students, and consequently to our 
community. I look forward to sharing many special events in the coming 
years with her and the entire DiMeo family.

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