[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 82 (Monday, May 19, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E966]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                      TRIBUTE TO STEPHANIE JAMESON

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                     HON. C.A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 19, 2008

  Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Madam Speaker, I rise before you today to honor 
Stephanie Jameson, recipient of the 2008 Dundalk Optimist Club 
Humanitarian of the Year Award. To be eligible for this award, the 
recipient must live outside of Dundalk, but be very involved with the 
Dundalk community.
  Stephanie has been a very active member of the Dundalk Renaissance 
Corporation (DRC), acting as a former president of the organization as 
well as the current treasurer. Aside from being an active member during 
meetings, Stephanie volunteers her time sitting on interviewing and 
hiring committees, handling very difficult personnel issues with which 
the DRC has been confronted.
  While Stephanie resides in Anne Arundel County, she owns a State Farm 
office located in Dundalk and has thrown herself into community 
renovations there. Her Dundalk community activities include sponsoring 
Community Assistance Network families at Thanksgiving, as well as 
sponsoring a drunk-driving simulator at the Community College of 
Baltimore County in Dundalk and a Dundalk recreation council baseball 
team.
  Stephanie participated in the 2001 Survey for the Urban Design 
Assistance Team (UDAT), which was made up of architects, urban planners 
and residents, which published a proposed revitalization plan for 
Dundalk in April 2002. State Farm offered to match the DRC's $15,000 to 
help the DRC in promoting the UDAT plan. Thanks to Stephanie's hard 
work, the DRC also received a grant from State Farm for an additional 
$75,000, which the DRC has used for buying and renovating its first 
homes to sell in Dundalk.
  Since 2004, the DRC has been able to purchase local homes, renovate, 
and sell them to promote the area, thanks to the grant money Stephanie 
was able to secure. The grant money has been a remarkable help to the 
Dundalk community.
  Madam Speaker, I ask that you join with me today to honor Stephanie 
Jameson on being named the 2008 Dundalk Optimist Club Humanitarian of 
the Year. Her legacy as an active member of the Dundalk Renaissance 
Corporation will be forever preserved in the DRC's many community 
projects. It is with great pride that I congratulate Stephanie Jameson 
on her exemplary service to the Dundalk community.





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