[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 33 (Tuesday, March 13, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E343]
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      LUCE RETIRES AFTER 30 YEARS IN EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING FIELD

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 13, 2001

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Charles 
Luce, the executive director of the Luzerne County Human Resources 
Development Department. Charlie is retiring after 30 years in the 
employment and training field and will be honored with a testimonial 
dinner on March 14.
  Charlie is the lead staff member for the Workforce Investment Board 
for Luzerne and Schuylkill counties, which receives federal and state 
funding to provide employment and training opportunities in Luzerne and 
Schuylkill counties. The board also oversees the one-stop CareerLink 
centers in both counties. Under his leadership, the Luzerne/Schuylkill 
Workforce Investment Area is considered one of the best in the state.
  He graduated from King's College with a bachelor of arts in 
psychology and sociology and the University of Scranton with a master's 
of science in human resources administration.
  Mr. Speaker, in addition to serving the people of Northeastern 
Pennsylvania for the past 30 years by helping them train for the 
workplace, Charlie has long served his country. He is a Vietnam combat 
veteran as well as a veteran of the Persian Gulf War, and he is a 
colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve. He currently commands the 367th 
Military Police Group located in Ashley, Pennsylvania, where he is 
responsible for 10 subordinate M.P. units stationed throughout 
Maryland, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
  Charlie is also a community volunteer and active in many 
organizations. He is a member of the Economic Development Council of 
Northeastern Pennsylvania, King's College Act 101, Catholic Social 
Services, Wilkes-Barre Area School District Strategic Planning 
Committee, the Reserve Officers Association, of which he is a past 
state president, and is currently Chairman of the Wilkes-Barre 
Industrial Development Authority and the Economic Development 
Corporation.
  He is married to the former Antoinette Pucylowski, with whom he has 
two children.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to call to the attention of the House of 
Representatives the good works and distinguished career of Charles 
Luce, and I join the community he serves in wishing him all the best in 
retirement.

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