[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 4 (Tuesday, January 9, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E50]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


             HONORING CHERI DEAN OF LAKE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

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                           HON. MIKE THOMPSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, January 9, 2007

  Mr. THOMPSON. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Ms. Cheri Dean 
on the occasion of her retirement from the Social Security 
Administration after 31 years of service to the government and people 
of Lake County.
  Ms. Dean was hired as a claims development clerk in 1976 and was 
promoted through a series of positions from administrative assistant to 
service representative and finally to claims representative. At each 
stage of her career she has been a model of professional excellence and 
has worked hard to ensure that the needs of Lake County's residents are 
met. Her timely action has ensured the continuity of payments to many 
people who relied on her work.
  After her retirement, Ms. Dean will move to Oklahoma where she will 
live near her family. She plans to spend time working on a family 
genealogy and traveling throughout the region.
  Madam Speaker, it is appropriate at this time that we thank Ms. Dean 
for her decades of service with the Lake County branch of the Social 
Security Administration, and I wish her all the best in the future.

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