[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 35 (Thursday, March 11, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E353]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CONGRATULATING JOSEPH A. HEFFERS, RECIPIENT OF THE 2010 ACHIEVEMENT 
      AWARD FROM THE GREATER PITTSTON FRIENDLY SONS OF ST. PATRICK

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 11, 2010

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Madam Speaker, I rise today to ask you and my esteemed 
colleagues in the House of Representatives to pay tribute to Joseph A. 
Heffers, the 2010 recipient of the Achievement Award from the Greater 
Pittston Friendly Sons of St. Patrick.
  A son of the late John Heffers and Mary Golden Heffers, Mr. Heffers 
was born and raised in Pittston City, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
  A graduate of Pittston City High School and Wilkes-Barre Business 
College, where he earned a degree in business and accounting, Mr. 
Heffers served in the United States Army from 1964 to 1967 in the 
Special Troops Unit at Fort Dix, New Jersey.
  Mr. Heifers worked at Eberhard Faber Company in Mountaintop, 
Pennsylvania, as a project manager for 21 years, receiving the 
President's Award from Mr. Eberhard Faber in 1986.
  He later worked for Cooper Industries in Weatherly, Carbon County, 
Pennsylvania, as a production specialist and later retired from 
Intermetro Industries in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
  Mr. Heffers is currently the Chief Executive Officer and Manager of 
the Metro Wire Federal Credit Union in Plains Township, Pennsylvania.
  A past president of the Greater Pittston Friendly Sons of St. 
Patrick, Mr. Heffers serves on the advisory board of the Salvation Army 
in West Pittston and also is a member and former financial secretary of 
President John F. Kennedy Council 372 Knights of Columbus, their 
Council Choir and the Fourth Degree Assembly.
  Mr. Heffers coached several youth athletic teams including Stoners 
Soccer, Jenkins Township Girls Softball and Girls Varsity Basketball at 
St. Mary's Assumption School in Pittston.
  He is a member of St. John the Evangelist Church, Pittston.
  Mr. Heffers resides in Port Griffith with his wife of 38 years, the 
former Mary Catherine Shea. They are the parents of two children, 
Joseph, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania and Mary Elizabeth Gregor, Plains 
Township, Pennsylvania. The couple also has two grandchildren, Maxwell 
Wallace Gregor and Declan Joseph Gregor.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in congratulating Mr. Heffers on this 
notable occasion. His exemplary service to his family and community has 
earned him widespread respect and recognition.

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