[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 133 (Tuesday, October 5, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2028]
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                       TRIBUTE TO CROSSING GUARDS

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                         HON. ROBERT E. ANDREWS

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, October 5, 1999

  Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend and thank those who 
have dedicated a portion of their lives to ensuring that our young 
people throughout the First Congressional District of New Jersey are 
provided safe journey to and from school.
  Each day crossing guards put their lives in harms way to protect our 
children from the dangers they may face on the way to school, whether 
that be a speeding car ignoring posted school-zone speed limits or a 
drug dealer pushing poison on our young people.
  In September, I held a ceremony back in my district to honor 20 
crossing guards for their exemplary service to the children of their 
communities. As a parent of two young girls, I commend them for taking 
time from their lives, for little compensation, to assure us as 
parents, that our children will have a responsible adult looking over 
them literally every step of the way from the time they leave the house 
in the morning until they sit at their desks to begin their school day.
  Through torrential downpours, driving snowstorms, blistering heat and 
frigid cold, our children can count on crossing guards to be there 
providing a familiar face to guide them on their trip to and from 
school. On behalf of the 106th Congress of the United States of 
America, I thank the following crossing guards for keeping our children 
safe every day.
  The following crossing guards were honored at a ceremony at Camden 
County Community College on September 13, 1999: Mrs. Angelina Esposito, 
Burlington Twp, Mrs. Carmella Caruso, City of Burlington Schools, Mrs. 
Barbara Laute, Oak Vally Elem-Deptford Twp, Mrs. Marie Snyder, Shady 
Lane Elem-Deptford Twp, Mrs. Janette Multanski, Brooklawn, Mrs. Cynthia 
Peaker, Willingboro, Mrs. Maureen Saia, Washington Twp, Mrs. Mary Ann 
Wurst, Woodbury Heights, Mrs. Sue Hynes, Woodlynne, Mrs. Tina Castelli, 
Principal--Good Intent Elementary--Deptford Twp, Mrs. Ruth Rosenblatt, 
Somerdale, Mr. Darwin Branch, Camden, Mrs. Frances Oliveri, Mount 
Laurel, Mr. Robert Bobo, Brooklawn, Mrs. Alice Watson, Runnemede, Mr. 
Robert Kelly, Laurel Springs, Mrs. Theresa Keehfuss, Maple Shade, Mr. 
David Pressler, Maple Shade, Mrs. Anne Sprague, Bordentown, and Mrs. 
Carol Robinson, Audabon.

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