[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 166 (Wednesday, December 15, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2147]
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                  TRIBUTE TO JEANETTE ROGERS-ERICKSON

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                          HON. KEVIN McCARTHY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 15, 2010

  Mr. McCARTHY of California. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor 
Jeannette Rogers-Erickson, a community leader from Kern County in the 
State of California.
  Mrs. Rogers-Erickson holds board positions in many local 
organizations, such as the Kern Valley Hospital Foundation, the Kern 
Valley Hospital Auxiliary, the Kernville Chamber of Commerce, the Kern 
River Valley Chamber of Commerce, the Kern River Revitalization group, 
the Exchange Club, the Rotary Club of the Kern Valley, the South Fork 
Women's Club, the Kern Valley Women's Club, and the Kern Valley 
Collaborative. Mrs. Rogers-Erickson also belongs to the Kern River 
Valley Art Association and for many years has had her art ``worn'' 
throughout the valley on the annual Whiskey Flat Days official shirts.
  In addition to her membership in many local organizations, Mrs. 
Rogers-Erickson is a board member of the Kern Community Foundation and 
is on the organizing committee of the newly formed Kern River Valley 
Community Foundation Fund. She has been active with the Women's and 
Girls' Fund of Bakersfield as well as a board member of the Probation 
Auxiliary County of Kern, PACK, which oversees the Kernville-based Camp 
Erwin Owen for Boys.
  For her many great works in the community, Mrs. Rogers-Erickson was 
selected by Assemblymember Jean Fuller to be the 2007 Woman of the Year 
for the 32nd California State Assembly District. She is also the recent 
recipient of the Exchange Club 2010 Book of Golden Deeds given to a 
local resident who has high integrity, honesty, generosity, great work 
ethic, and high moral values. An ordained minister, Mrs. Rogers-
Erickson is the South Fork Club's Inspirational Chairman and organizes 
several Pastor Prayer Events throughout the year. She is very active in 
the Exploring Careers in Health Occupations Academy, which is a local 
high school program that partners with the Kern Valley Healthcare 
District and Cerro Coso College.
  I am thankful to Jeanette for all of her service to our community and 
I hope that she and her husband Charley enjoy her retirement.

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