[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 22 (Thursday, February 26, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E253-E254]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. KENNETH SMITH, RECIPIENT OF THE AMERICAN SHORE 
                  AND BEACH ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR 2004

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                            HON. JIM SAXTON

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 26, 2004

  Mr. SAXTON. Mr. Speaker, those people who dedicate their lives to the 
protection of the environment are very special and deserve full 
recognition of their devotion, which is why I'm so pleased to be able 
to congratulate Ken Smith for being awarded the American Shore and 
Beach Preservation Association's Lifetime Achievement Award for 2004.
  Ken has been a tireless, devoted advocate for not only New Jersey 
beaches but for beaches throughout the United States. Ken has spent 
twenty-five years as the ``Coastal Advocate;'' has spent more than 
seven years as a Vice President and as a Director of the American Shore 
and Beach Preservation; and is a co-founder of the Alliance for a 
Living Ocean, formed in response to the awful summer when garbage and 
other pollution was washing up on the Jersey shore in 1987. The 
Alliance for a Living Ocean won the Governor's Award for Volunteerism 
in 1999, and

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last but not least, Ken won the American Shore and Beach Preservation 
Association's Morrough P. O'Brien Award in 1999.
  Ken has led by example for many years, bringing an awareness to so 
many people about the importance of working together to preserve not 
only our beaches and oceans, but the environment and our natural 
resources as a whole. He has been tireless in his dedication to not 
only protecting the beaches but educating people on the importance of 
preservation. Even as he is fighting his own battle with cancer, his 
amazing drive and devotion to our shores has not wavered in the least.
  Congratulations Ken, I look forward to working with you for many more 
years to come.

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