[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 16, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E440]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        CONGRATULATING HERMAN KLEINDIENST ON HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY

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                           HON. MARGE ROUKEMA

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 16, 1999

  Mrs. ROUKEMA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate one of my state's 
best known farmers, Herman Kleindienst of Stillwater, New Jersey, on 
his 100th birthday, March 16, 1999. Mr. Kleindienst is well known as a 
community leader in Sussex County, not only in agricultural circles but 
in the business community, with civic groups and with his church. His 
hard work and dedication have helped improve the lives of many other 
New Jerseyans in many ways. He is a standard bearer for us all.
  Mr. Kleindienst has been recognized for more than half a century as a 
``New Jersey Conservation Pioneer'' for his work in soil conservation--
the agricultural practice of maintaining farmland to prevent erosion 
and exhaustion of the soil's nutritional content.
  A long-time dairy farmer, Mr. Kleindienst began practicing soil 
conservation on his family's farm in Stillwater during the 1940s, a 
period when the technique was developed in response to the Dust Bowl 
agricultural losses of the 1930s. His role as a leader in the soil and 
water conservation movement began in the late 1950s with his 
appointment as a member of the Board of Supervisors of the Sussex 
County Soil and Water Conservation District. During the 1960s and 
1970s, Mr. Kleindienst became known as a dedicated leader of the 
conservation movement at the local, state and national levels. He was 
among the pioneers who played an active role in the formulation and 
implementation of conservation and land use policies regarding ``wise 
use'' and protection of soil and water both on and off the farm. Mr. 
Kleindienst is a former member of the board of the National Association 
of Conservation Districts and a former president of the New Jersey 
Association of Natural Resource Districts.
  Mr. Kleindienst has also been active in a variety of other 
agricultural organizations. He is a former trustee of the United Milk 
Producers Association, a former member of the New Jersey Dairyman's 
Council, a former member of the Northeast Breeder's Association and a 
former member of the New Jersey Cooperative Livestock Auction Market.
  In addition, he has been a member of the Newton Rotary Club since 
1969 and is a former president of the club. He helped found Redeemer 
Lutheran Church in Newton and is also a member of Midland Park Lutheran 
Church in Bergen County.
  Indeed, Mr. Kleindienst is one of the outstanding citizens who has 
made Sussex County one of the best places in our great nation to live, 
work and raise a family. I ask my colleagues in the U.S. House of 
Representatives to join me in congratulating Mr. Kleindienst and 
wishing him all of God's richest blessings.

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