[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 150 (Friday, October 31, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2151-E2152]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         A TRIBUTE TO HAROLD MALKMES--1997 CITIZEN OF THE YEAR

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                         HON. MICHAEL P. FORBES

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 31, 1997

  Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in this hallowed Chamber to 
join the Patchogue-Medford Youth & Community Services of Patchogue, 
Long Island as they honor Mr. Harold Malkmes, of Stony Brook, Long 
Island, as 1997 Citizen of the Year.
  A native of Port Jefferson, on Suffolk County's north shore, Harold 
Malkmes has served

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the residents of Brookhaven for the past 31 years as the town's 
superintendent of highways. During his tenure, Mr. Malkmes has 
dedicated himself to maintaining the safest possible system of roads, 
instituting many innovative programs, including ones that successfully 
alleviated severe drainage problems throughout the town.
  Perhaps the most significant of Mr. Malkmes innovations is the 
development of the Brookhaven Town composting program and ecology 
education site, located in the town's Holtsville community. Nationally 
recognized for its cooperative work with the Boy and Girl Scouts, 4H 
Clubs and senior citizens, this ground-breaking program uses hands-on 
exhibits and demonstrations that teach the importance of recycling, 
reusing, and preserving our precious natural resources.
  A graduate of the State University of New York at Farmingdale with a 
degree in horticulture, Mr. Malkmes was imbued with his love for Long 
Island's natural environment as a youth working in his family's florist 
business. Today, Mr. Malkmes sponsors the Holtsville Explorer Post that 
works with youth who are interested in the field of ecology and 
developed the ``Help Save the Wildlife'' program that allows residents, 
students, church groups, and schools to sponsor the care and keeping of 
an animal at the Holtsville Zoo. Mr. Malkmes also developed the Ecology 
Site Outreach Showmobile, allowing the ecological education program to 
travel to local schools and visit kindergarten and third grade classes 
that are unable to visit the zoo.
  These are just a few of the reasons, Mr. Speaker, that I ask my 
colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives to join me honoring 
Harold Malkmes, a dedicated public servant who has done so much more 
than fulfill his duties of office. His dedication and tireless efforts 
for the residents of Brookhaven Town, Long Island--particularly its 
youth--should serve as an example to all of us who are called to public 
service. Congratulations, Harold.

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