[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 23, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E213-E214]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      RETIREMENT OF MARIE RICHARD

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                              HON. TED POE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 23, 2010

  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, after more than fifty years of 
working for The Beaumont Enterprise newspaper, Marie Richard has 
decided to retire. She is the longtime assistant to the editor and very 
well known throughout the company and the community.
  She began her newspaper career in 1959. At the age of twenty, she 
started working for the Beaumont Enterprise newspaper, and now at the 
age of seventy, she is ending her wonderful career.
  She is recognized for fortifying relationships with the newspaper's 
customers; an aspect of her job she has enjoyed the most. She is also 
recognized for her work with the newspaper's

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annual holiday fund drive. Her dedication to the people of the Second 
District of Texas is truly heartfelt.
  Madam Speaker, the Second District of Texas is proud to have such a 
wonderful individual in its community. We have no doubt that the 
newspaper will miss Marie Richard and her dedication to the people of 
Beaumont, Texas.

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