[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 159 (Thursday, November 11, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2363]
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                        TRIBUTE TO MARY MEISNER

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                           HON. SCOTT McINNIS

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednedsay, November 10, 1999

   Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take a moment to recognize 
Mary Meisner, the director of public health for Garfield County, who 
has been awarded the ``Florence Award.''
  Ms. Meisner was recognized by the Colorado County Nurse Association, 
Inc. for more than twenty years of faithful service and exceptional 
contributions to quality community health throughout Garfield County 
and across the entire state of Colorado. She has dedicated her entire 
nursing career to the promotion of public health.
  After leaving a small farming community in Iowa to join two nursing 
colleagues on an adventure out west, Ms. Meisner began her career in 
western Colorado. Ms. Meisner served as the sole nurse on the western 
end of the county in Rifle before taking over as the nursing director 
responsible for the Rifle and Glenwood Springs offices.
  In 1997, Ms. Meisner became the Director of Public Health for 
Garfield County, overseeing nine public health nurses, the Healthy 
Beginnings director, a registered dietitian, three WIC educators, an 
outreach worker and five office personnel.
  Ms. Meisner has proven the value of hard work and dedication through 
the satisfaction in the people she serves. She continues to provide an 
educational environment in which school nurses and administrators can 
effectively work. Ms. Meisner is an asset to the Third District of 
Colorado and deserves our highest gratitude and praise on receiving 
this great distinction.

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