[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 135 (Saturday, November 20, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2111]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            CONGRATULATING BOB MANGANIELLO ON HIS RETIREMENT

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, November 19, 2004

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask you and my esteemed 
colleagues in the House of Representatives to pay tribute to my good 
friend Robert Manganiello upon his retirement as publisher of the 
Citizens' Voice newspaper in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
  Bob is a veteran in the newspaper business. He became publisher of 
the Voice in 1997 after being its general manager for 12 years. In that 
capacity, Bob assisted the staff in several transitions, guiding the 
staff through significant reorganization and growth.
  Bob began a 45-year newspaper career at The Sunday Dispatch in 
Pittston, and later worked at the Scrantonian/Tribune in Scranton and 
the Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company. Bob came to the Citizens' Voice 
and worked in the editorial department. He then took the position of 
marketing director.
  Although Bob has retired, he agreed to stay on with the newspaper in 
an advisory position until Spring of 2005.
  Bob and his wife Mary Claire live in Plains Township and have one 
daughter, Carolyn Calabrese, and a grandson named Christopher.
  Bob has always served the community though civic and volunteer 
organizations. He is a member of the board of the Greater Wilkes-Barre 
Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce and 
Industry, Diamond City Partnership, Penn State/Wilkes-Barre Advisory 
Board, St. Vincent DePaul Kitchen and Greater Pittston Area Chamber of 
Commerce. Bob serves on the Membership Services Committee of the 
Pennsylvania Newspaper Association. He is on the executive board of the 
Northeastern Pennsylvania Council of Boy Scouts of America.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in congratulating Bob Manganiello on a 
long and fruitful career. It is a privilege to know a man who is so 
dedicated to the community.

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