[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 28 (Tuesday, March 2, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E278]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    COMMENDING THE NORTH CLACKAMAS CHAMBER COMMUNITY SAFETY HONOREES

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                           HON. KURT SCHRADER

                               of oregon

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, March 2, 2010

  Mr. SCHRADER. Madam Speaker, for the third year, the North Clackamas 
Chamber of Commerce in my district is holding a Community Safety 
Luncheon to recognize the members of the community whose actions have 
improved public safety in our local neighborhoods. For some of these 
men and women, they're first responders and public safety employees who 
regularly go above and beyond the call of duty in their jobs. For 
others, they are tireless volunteers, giving up hours of their free 
time to improve the lives of their neighbors. But all of them are being 
recognized today because of the importance of what they do and because 
the support of community members like these is key to the success of 
public safety departments throughout the country.
  I'd like to take a minute to recognize the brave and selfless men, 
women and organizations who are being honored by the North Clackamas 
Chamber today:
  American Medical Response River Rescue, which worked to turn a local 
community swimming hole on the Clackamas River from a dangerous site 
where drowning deaths were an all too regular occurrence to a safe 
swimming location for the community.
  Amy Bullard, a retired teacher from the Oregon Trail School District, 
who helped train over 1,000 students at Sandy High School in lifesaving 
skills when she incorporated CPR and first aid training into the tenth 
grade health classes.
  Damascus Community Church, which has hosted shelter trainings and 
been a leader in the community in emergency management operations with 
their participation in community safety events.
  Angela Fox, publisher of the Clackamas Review and Oregon City News, 
who works to provide the community with in-depth reporting on public 
safety issues, using the media to educate and inform the public.
  Olga Gerberg, a volunteer from Sandy who has coordinated bike helmet 
fitting and child safety seat inspection workshops for the local 
community and regularly reaches out to her neighbors to share safety 
information about available resources and services.
  Tom Hogan, the volunteer coordinator for the Gladstone Emergency 
Management Support team who volunteers his time to improve emergency 
preparedness in the community, training other volunteers and working to 
bring grant funding to the community.
  Dale Kim, with the Clackamas County Juvenile Department, who serves 
as the lead organizer for the Sandy Youth Service Team and whose work 
reaching out to at-risk youth and intervention and prevention services 
have helped countless community youth. The Milwaukie Public Safety 
Foundation, which has raised over $20,000 to start a K-9 program for 
the Milwaukie Police Department and supports the department by 
conducting an annual Office of the Year function and a Parent Awareness 
Night.
  Jeff Oliver, with the Lake Oswego Police Department, who volunteers 
to assist at the monthly Child Safety Seat Fitting Station and has 
trained, certified, and re-certified 36 CPS technicians in North 
Clackamas County.
  Portland Mountain Rescue, a volunteer organization that provides 
specialized search and rescue services to Mt. Hood and other areas in 
the region and participated in 10 mountain rescues in 2008, in addition 
to providing outdoor and wilderness safety training to the community.
  And Larry Alexander, from the Boring Water District, who is the first 
recipient of the North Clackamas Chamber's Shining Star Safety Award, 
for his work in securing funding for the water district as well as his 
work in establishing an effective notification system to notify all 
Boring Water customers of an emergency in under one minute. He's also 
been an active volunteer in his home community, starting a neighborhood 
watch with the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office.
  To these men and women as well as every other community safety 
volunteer who does their part to keep our neighborhoods safe, I say 
thank you for all that you do.

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