[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 47 (Thursday, April 13, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E554]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HONORING JO ANNE DARCY OF CALIFORNIA

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                     HON. HOWARD P. ``BUCK'' McKEON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 12, 2000

  Mr. McKEON. Mr. Speaker, today I recognize Jo Anne Darcy on the 
occasion of her retirement as Senior Field Deputy for Los Angeles 
County Supervisor Mike Antonovich, in the county's Fifth Supervisorial 
District.
  Mrs. Darcy has served as Senior Field Deputy for Los Angeles County 
Supervisor Mike Antonovich, serving the unincorporated areas of the 
Santa Clarita Valley, ever since Supervisor Antonovich was elected in 
1980. She has diligently served the citizens of the Santa Clarita 
Valley in a wide variety of roles, from case work to law enforcement to 
parks, as well as representing the Supervisor at events in the 
district. She has performed her job with great dedication, energy, 
skill and obvious love for the people of Santa Clarita Valley.
  Mrs. Darcy is also the Mayor of Santa Clarita. I had the honor of 
serving with Mrs. Darcy on Santa Clarita's first elected City Council 
when the city was incorporated in 1987. She has served continuously on 
the City Council since then, having been re-elected to another four-
year term in April 1998. She served as Mayor in 1990, 1994, 1999 and 
2000.
  Mrs. Darcy has been a tireless and dedicated public servant, both in 
her elected and appointed positions, and in the many volunteer 
activities in which she has been engaged. These activities are too 
numerous to mention fully. However, some of them include serving on the 
California State Film Commission, chairing the film committee of the 
Newhall-Saugus-Valencia Chamber of Commerce; serving as Founding 
Officer of the Friends of the Libraries of SCV; co-chairing and serving 
as Executive Director of the Western Walk of Fame and Newhall Walk of 
Western Stars; Founding the Zonta Club of SCV; serving as Founding 
Member of the SCV Historical Society; Founding Officer to the 
Association to Aid Victims of Domestic Violence; President of the Santa 
Clarita Valley American Heart Association; Chairing an annual wine 
auction that Benefits the SCV Senior Center's Meals on Wheels Program.
  Mrs. Darcy has been named the Woman of the Year by the SCV Chamber of 
Commerce; the Outstanding Woman from the Soroptomists, the Citizen of 
the Year from the Santa Clarita Elks Lodge, and many, many other honors 
from community groups.
  Mr. Speaker, I look forward to continuing to work with Mrs. Darcy in 
her role as Mayor and City Council member of Santa Clarita. I wish her 
all the best in her retirement from Supervisor Antonovich's office.

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