[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 127 (Monday, September 27, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1965]
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                        REPORT FROM PENNSYLVANIA

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                         HON. PATRICK J. TOOMEY

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 27, 1999

  Mr. TOOMEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to deliver my Report from 
Pennsylvania. Today, I would like to share with my colleagues and the 
American people the remarkable efforts of an individual in our 
community.
  All across the Lehigh Valley, my wife, Kris, and I meet so many 
wonderful people. We learn of and hear about amazing individuals who 
strive day and night to make our communities better places to live.
  I like to call these individuals Lehigh Valley Heroes. Lehigh Valley 
Heroes make a difference by helping their friends and neighbors.
  Today I would like to honor a man whose volunteerism makes a 
difference in the lives of a number of veterans in our communities. 
Leonard E. Shupp, a retired Army Colonel, has been giving his time and 
services to veterans in the Lehigh valley area for the past thirty 
years.
  A veteran of World War II, Mr. Shupp has been decorated with a number 
of the nation's highest honors--the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star--
along with ten other decorations.
  Aside from his heroics during the war, today he is still active with 
a number of veterans' organizations. To name a few, he has been a 
volunteer chaplain of the Indiantown Gap National Cemetery Memorial 
Council for the last thirty years, and has been a volunteer chaplain in 
the retirement services office of the Tolsyhanna Army Depot for the 
past ten years. Also, over the past decade, he has served as a 
volunteer consultant to the Director of Veteran's Affairs in Lehigh 
County.
  On top of his numerous volunteer activities in veterans' affairs, Mr. 
Shupp has been a licensed minister of the United Church of Christ. And 
has since March 1998, become a member of the Faith Lutheran Church in 
Whitehall as a volunteer pastor.
  Mr. Speaker, for these reasons I would like to recognize Mr. Leonard 
Shupp, of Whitehall, Pennsylvania, as a Lehigh Valley Hero. Through his 
activism, he has truly made a difference in the lives of members of our 
community, and for this I commend him.
  This concludes my Report from Pennsylvania.

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