[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 98 (Thursday, June 8, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E788]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




RECOGNIZING MIKE CHRISTOPHER ON HIS RETIREMENT AFTER 40 YEARS OF PUBLIC 
                                SERVICE

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                           HON. BILL SHUSTER

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, June 8, 2017

  Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Mike 
Christopher, a devoted public servant in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. 
Mike is retiring after 40 years of dedicated public service as 
supervisor of Washington Township.
   Mike was born March 18, 1952 and graduated from Penn State 
University in 1975 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Environment 
Resource Management. He married his wife Andrea on May 15, 1976, and 
began working for Washington Township the next year as Supervisor. In 
1993, Mike began serving as the Township Treasurer as well as 
Supervisor.
   Mike is one of those outstanding individuals who is a true public 
servant, Mr. Speaker, and he didn't stop with working for his local 
community full time. He's served on numerous boards and committees in 
the Waynesboro area and Franklin County including the YMCA Board of 
Directors and Building Committee, as President of the Greater 
Waynesboro Chamber of Commerce, and as Secretary for the Waynesboro 
Area Drug Education Consortium. He is also the founder of the Franklin 
County Crime Solvers Board.
   I am certainly not the first to recognize Mike for his outstanding 
service. In addition to much recognition throughout his career, just 
this year he was awarded the Chairman's Distinguished Service Award at 
the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors 95th Annual 
Conference in Hershey.
   Mr. Speaker, Mike's willingness to serve his community and 
Pennsylvania sets him apart as an outstanding individual and I am 
honored to represent him in the United States Congress. I ask that all 
of my colleagues in the United States House of Representatives join me 
in congratulating Mike on his retirement and wishing him nothing but 
continued success.

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