[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 38 (Thursday, March 6, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1363-S1364]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                     TRIBUTE TO SHAUNA JEAN RINGEL

 Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, I wish to recognize the outstanding 
work of Shauna Jean Hill Ringel, who is retiring after 22 years of 
employment with Madison County, ID.
  Shauna is a native of St. Anthony, ID. She moved to Rexburg with her 
husband, Brad, in 1970, and she raised three children, Ryan, Shelli and 
Tracy, in Rexburg. After the death of her husband in 1987, Shauna 
worked at Madison School District's Burton Elementary School as the 
school's secretary. She began working for Madison County in 1992, and 
she served as a clerk of district court, 7th Judicial District. She 
moved to the Madison County Clerk's office in 1996, and she worked both 
as deputy county clerk and as Madison County's elections clerk. In 
2004, she joined the planning and zoning office. She has participated 
in emergency management training and helped develop emergency plans for 
Madison County.
  The community and our State have been fortunate to have benefited 
from her devoted assistance that includes significant public service 
and volunteer work. She served as the co-chair of the Madison County 
Centennial Committee and coordinated a year of festivities recognizing 
the pioneer spirit of current and former residents of Madison County. 
She is also active in the local chapter of the American Red Cross 
through which she has assisted her friends and neighbors in Red Cross 
evacuation centers for flooding and wildfire emergencies. She assists 
families in the Upper Snake River Valley whose lives are disrupted by 
house fires. Shauna was also deployed to New Jersey to assist with the 
recovery after Hurricane Sandy, and she assisted with recovery efforts 
in Montana after devastating wildfires.
  Shauna is viewed as someone who can be counted on to go the extra 
mile and put the team ahead of herself. She is respected for her 
steady, loyal and reliable efforts. Madison County Commissioner Kimber 
Ricks characterized Shauna as ``a go to' team player. She's always been 
hard working and reliable; always counted on for good judgment and good 
nature; and always that sense of humor that helps so much in tough 
situations . . . Shauna will be missed, but never forgotten.''
  Thank you, Shauna, for your outstanding and dedicated service. I hope 
that retirement affords you more well-deserved time with your friends 
and family, including your children and three grandsons, and 
opportunities to do all the activities you love the most. I 
congratulate you on your retirement and wish you all the best.

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