[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 89 (Thursday, June 24, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S7425]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 WVEMS

 Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, I am pleased to extend my 
congratulations and gratitude to the Westport Volunteer Emergency 
Medical Service, WVEMS, of Westport, CT, which is celebrating a quarter 
century of unparalleled dedication to public safety and public service.
  Volunteerism is part of the American way, and the volunteer emergency 
personnel of WVEMS take on a particularly demanding and challenging 
form of community service. These men and women take time out of their 
busy lives and careers, or from well-earned retirement, to provide 
life-saving services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They work in close 
cooperation with police and fire departments, using state-of-the-art 
skills, in pre-hospital situations. WVEMS volunteers also perform other 
important community services, including teaching first aid and CPR 
classes.
  The men and women of WVEMS have established a remarkable legacy. 
During their 25 years of service, they have logged over half a million 
volunteer hours and cared for over 45,000 ill or injured men, women, 
and children.
  Fifteen of the original founders still serve with a selfless 
commitment to their cause, and each has been designated an American Red 
Cross Unsung Hero. These exceptional men and women are Edward and 
Elizabeth Audley, Patricia Audley, Sharon Barnett, Russel M. Blair, 
Susan DeWitt, Michael Feigin, Richard Frazier, Neil Harding, Thomas M. 
Keenan, Kathleen Todd, Alan Yoder, Isabel Blair, Alan Stolz, Nettie 
Skinner, and Pasquale Salvo. I would also like to commend Jay Paretzky 
and April Anne Yoder, who have also been with the WVEMS for a quarter 
century.
  All of the other active members of the WVEMS certainly deserve our 
recognition, as well: William Puterbaugh, Norman Coltin, Sandra 
McPherson, Jeffrey T. Lea, Andrew Dinitz, Loretta S. Harsche, Marge 
Costa, Christine A. Evans, Todd M. Smith, Mark A. Blake, Anthony F. 
Santo, Donald E. Smith III, Thomas F. Burrows, Martha M. McGorry, 
Elizabeth Slattery, Chris VanDeusen, Diane Salvo, Benjamin Frimmer, 
Barbara F. Wood, Barbara Babash, Arlene M. Healy, Amy Smith, Linda 
Canterbury, Albert Bassett, Mary Jane Cross, KC Duffy, Linda Green, 
Carole Grob, Dorothy Harris, Gordon Joseloff, Chris Sanders, Whitney 
Cusa, James Flint, Nicole Donovan, Toni Cribari, Mary Minard, Terrence 
Blake, Michele Brewster, Michael Falbo, Cheryl Jones, Michael Quan, 
Rico Tiberio, Sylvia Lempit, Susannah Kehl, AnnaLiisa Joseloff, James 
Hinckley, Nanci Jenkins, David Heinmiller, Rainy Broomfield, Ronald 
Carkner, Donna Patchen, Robert Redman, Olivia Weeks, Courtenay Quinn, 
Joseph Devermann, Linda Gale, Jean Marie Wiesen, Nancy Strong, Gregory 
Coghlan, Paul Resnick, Barbra Utting, Adam Sappern, Nancy Fusaro, Wendy 
Hill, Megan Watson, Kristin Ancona, Kathryn Min, William Min, Susan 
Parks, Jamie Talbot, Michael Rickard, Marc Hartog, Michael 
Engelskirger, Craig Kupson, Elizabeth Jennings, Glenn Eisen, Angela 
Chichila, Anna Dowdle, Ashley Hawley, Andrea Hoboken, Dustin Schur, 
Jackie Stenson, Carol Boas, Yannick Passemart, Kerry Volmar, Michael 
Wilmot, Danielle Faul, David Bodach, Christin Giordano, Zack Klomberg, 
Jordan Kunkes, Alma Loya, Whitney Riggio, Kimber Roberts, Alicia Wong, 
Karen Bizzak, Margaret Russell, Richard Arriaga, Carol Dixon, Gabrielle 
O'Halloran, Daniel Rappaport, Dora Sweet, Lois Benfield, Adele Donohue, 
Susan Shewchuk, Nancy Toll, Pamela Newnham, Matthew Rees, Richard 
Celotto, John Sommers, Caroline Andrew, James Gray, Stephanie Howson, 
Rebecca Kamins, Kaitlyn Mello, Elizabeth Parks, Christian Renne, Rob 
Stewart, Emma Trucks, Christina Voonasis, Maryanne Boyle, Robert 
Dowling, Yashasvi Jhangiani, Maribeth Nixon and Steve Brothers.
  To the men and women of WVEMS, thank you for going above and beyond 
the call of duty to serve those in need. Well done.

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