[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 14, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E188-E189]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   IN RECOGNITION OF CHARLIE SPANO, UNICAN OF THE YEAR FOR THE UNICO 
                     SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER

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                          HON. MATT CARTWRIGHT

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 14, 2018

  Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Charlie Spano, who 
has been named the UNICAN of the Year by the Scranton Chapter of UNICO 
National for their 59th annual charity ball on February 24, 2018.
  Before his retirement in 2005, Charlie Spano taught elementary 
students in the Scranton School District. He received a Master of 
Science in elementary administration with certification from the 
University of Scranton and a Bachelor of Science in education and 
history from Wilkes University. He also served as director of the 
Bureau of Community and Student Services for the Pennsylvania 
Department of Education.
  Charlie is an active member of his community and has served his 
neighbors in many capacities throughout the years. He has served as the 
Deputy Director of voter education for Lackawanna County, assisting in 
outreach providing information on voting systems; Assistant Manager for 
Recruiting for the U.S. Census Bureau in Scranton; Chairman of Scranton 
City Cable Consumer Advisory Commission; a member of the Lincoln 
Bicentennial Commission of Lackawanna County; a member of the 9-11 
Memorial Committee in Lackawanna County; Chairman of the Board of 
Directors of the Anthracite Heritage Museum

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and Iron Furnaces Association; a member of the Heritage Valley Task 
Force Advocacy/Education Committee; President of the Columbus Day 
Association of Lackawanna County; President of the Phi Delta Kappa 
Education Fraternity, University of Scranton Chapter; a South Scranton 
Lions Club member; Vice Chairman of the Scranton City Planning 
Commission; and Director of the Lackawanna River Corridor Association, 
among other positions spanning three decades of outstanding community 
service.
  It is an honor to recognize Charlie Spano as he accepts the UNICAN of 
the Year Award. I am very grateful for the wide range of work he has 
done on behalf of the people of Lackawanna County.

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