[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 38 (Friday, March 15, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E309-E310]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   IN RECOGNITION OF MARK CASPER BEING NAMED MAN OF THE YEAR BY THE 
             GREATER PITTSTON FRIENDLY SONS OF ST. PATRICK

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                          HON. MATT CARTWRIGHT

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, March 15, 2013

  Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Mark Casper, who 
will be named Man of the Year by the Greater Pittston Friendly Sons of 
St. Patrick on the evening of March 17 at that organization's 99th 
annual St. Patrick's Day banquet.
  Mark Casper was born in Pittston, the son of Eileen Brogan Casper and 
the late Robert Casper. A graduate of St. Mary's Assumption grade 
school and Seton Catholic high school, Mark attended Luzerne County 
Community College. He has been employed by Medico Industries for the 
past 27 years, holding various positions, and he is currently the 
service manager in the Wilkes-Barre location.
  Mark is a member of Our Lady of the Eucharist parish in Pittston 
where he serves as chairman of the parish finance council and a member 
of the parish pastoral council. He is a member of the Exeter borough 
zoning board and a varsity assistant coach for the Pittston Area Lady 
Patriots basketball team.
  Mark previously served as a member of the Holy Redeemer system school 
board and the Region 7 school advisory board. He was a coach for the 
Wyoming Valley boys' 8th grade catholic school basketball league and 
served as the league president for six years. He also served as a coach 
and board member for seven years in the Exeter little league program. 
And Mark was even a coach for the Pittston Area Stoners soccer team.
  Prior to the closing of St. Mary's Assumption school, Mark served as 
the head basketball coach there for 27 years. He coached over 400 young 
men in 750 games, and his St. Mary's teams won 10 league championships 
and numerous tournament championships. He finished his head coaching 
career in 2012 as the boys' varsity basketball coach at Wyoming Area 
Catholic, where he reached the 500-win mark.
  Mark's dedication to his parish and his school sports teams reflect a 
level of volunteerism and community spirit to which we should all 
aspire. I offer Mark my sincere congratulations and thanks on this 
momentous occasion.

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