[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 78 (Tuesday, May 17, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E723]
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                         TRIBUTE TO JOAN WASKE

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                            HON. DAVID YOUNG

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 17, 2016

  Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and 
congratulate Mrs. Joan Waske for being named the Lady Star of the Year 
in Afton, Iowa.
  Joan is an active mother, grandmother and community member. She plays 
the organ at St. Edward Catholic Church, volunteers at the Afton Care 
Center and participates with senior activities at the local community 
center. She also co-owned and managed a farm with her husband Joe, 
while raising eleven children. Joan cooked, sewed, wrote poetry and 
made certain that music was always in their home.
  Mr. Speaker, Joan Waske is an Iowan who has served her family, her 
church and her community with dignity and determination. It is with 
great honor that I recognize her today. I ask that my colleagues in the 
U.S. House of Representatives join me in congratulating Joan Waske for 
this award and in wishing her continued health and happiness.

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