[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 145 (Monday, September 26, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1363-E1364]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO JEANNINE LILJEDAHL

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                            HON. DAVID YOUNG

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 26, 2016

  Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize and congratulate 
Jeannine Liljedahl of Essex, Iowa, for being recognized as the Grand 
Marshal of the 2016 Essex Labor Day parade. Jeannine received this 
honor for her years of service to the Essex community.
  Jeannine has a long history of community involvement. She is a member 
of the Fremont Lutheran Church, Essex Community Club, Lied Public 
Library in Essex, Southview Village/Low Rent Housing Committee, Essex 
Study and Service Club, Greater Shenandoah Historical Society, P.E.O., 
Rotary Club, Book Club, Shenandoah Medical Center Foundation, and the 
Page County Magistrate Commission.
  In 1998, Jeannine helped create the Little Red Wagon Food Delivery 
Service in Essex. This program was designed to keep people in

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their homes with a hot meal and to support Red's Restaurant in Essex. 
Little Red Wagon provided nearly 2,000 meals in 2015 alone.
  Mr. Speaker, I commend Jeannine for the dedicated service she 
provides to the citizens of Essex and Page County, Iowa. I ask that my 
colleagues in the United States House of Representatives join me in 
congratulating Jeannine and wishing her nothing but continued success.

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