[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 37 (Tuesday, March 20, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S2578]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     RECOGNITION OF LEA MIHALEVICH

 Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I rise to make a few remarks 
regarding the tremendous contributions Norma Lea Mihalevich has made to 
her community, her state, and to public education.
  It isn't often that we can recognize someone who has devoted her life 
to public service, but Norma Lea Mihalevich has done just that. As a 
lifelong resident of Pulaski County in Missouri, Norma Lea has spent 
the past 24 years in Crocker, MO as Mayor. Her continued re-election 
has been a stamp of approval on the outstanding job she has done.
  Norma Lea Mihalevich has also demonstrated her commitment to public 
education by her service on the Crocker R-II Board of Education for the 
past forty-nine years. In addition, she has served as a member of the 
Missouri School Boards' Association's Board of Directors for eleven 
years. Ms. Mihalevich knows that the key to improving public education 
is public involvement on the local level. She has definitely led by 
example and in 1985 she was named as Missouri Pioneer in Education by 
the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
  It is an honor for me to tell my colleagues about Norma Lea. She is 
an outstanding individual and example for others. Her service, and 
commitment to service, is something of which we should all be 
proud.

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