[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 74 (Thursday, May 15, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E753]
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                        TO RECOGNIZE MARY SHAFER

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                      HON. MICHAEL G. FITZPATRICK

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 15, 2014

  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, it has been said that public service 
must be more than doing a job efficiently and sincerely. It must be 
done with complete dedication to the people and to the community in 
which one serves. Mr. Speaker, that is how Mary Shafer's colleagues 
would describe her. Mary recently retired from Nockamixon Township 
Volunteer Emergency Services Management. She served Nockamixon as the 
public information officer and weather coordinator. Over the past 
several years, the Bucks County portion of my district has been hit 
hard by devastating storms including Superstorm Sandy, leaving behind 
fallen trees and downed power lines. Nockamixon and the surrounding 
area lost electricity and access to running water for days and in some 
cases weeks. The local middle school was converted into a shelter to 
host Nockamixon residents. Mary's role as public information officer 
was critical to health, safety, and welfare of these constituents.
  Mary demonstrated day after day that by working together, we have the 
fortitude to meet the needs facing our community even during the most 
challenging times. I would like to commend Mary Shafer for her 
dedication to public service and offer our gratitude on behalf of the 
constituents of the Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District.

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