[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 14 (Thursday, February 14, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E154]
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                        TRIBUTE TO HAZEL GARDNER

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                           HON. BOB SCHAFFER

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 13, 2002

  Mr. SCHAFFER. Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to rise today to 
congratulate Hazel Gardner of Eckley, Colorado. Mrs. Gardner was 
recently recognized for her fifty years of volunteer work for 4-H at a 
banquet held in honor of local 4-H leaders.
  Mrs. Gardner is a life-long resident of the eastern plains of 
Colorado and has been active with 4-H since she was nine years of age. 
In addition to raising her three children she has volunteered with 4-H 
groups and with state-level governing boards. Fifty years later, she 
continues to work with children in the program to which she has devoted 
much of her life.
  4-H is a nationally recognized program that boasts the honor of 
having a chapter in every county in the nation. Over 6.8 million youth 
participated in 4-H in 2000 with the addition of 610,000 adult 
volunteers. The 4-H mission is ``building a world in which youth and 
adults learn, grow, and work together as catalysts for positive 
change.''
  It is an honor for the state of Colorado to have such an esteemed 
woman who has dedicated so much of her life to improving the lives of 
community children. On behalf of the citizens of Colorado, I ask the 
House to join me in extending congratulations to Mrs. Hazel Gardner.

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