[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 157 (Friday, September 11, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E829]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 TRIBUTE TO PANDORA NASH-KARNER--CALIFORNIA'S 24TH CONGRESSIONAL WOMEN 
                              OF THE YEAR

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                         HON. SALUD O. CARBAJAL

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 11, 2020

  Mr. CARBAJAL. Madam Speaker, each year, through the Women of the Year 
Award, my office extends special recognition to women on the Central 
Coast who have made a difference in our community. I would like to 
recognize one outstanding Women of the Year Award recipient, Pandora 
Nash-Karner of Los Osos, California.
  Pandora has been a consistent, positive force in Los Osos and San 
Luis Obispo. She was elected to serve on the Los Osos Community Service 
District Board when it was formed in 1998 and chaired its Wastewater 
and Park Committees. She has also served on the San Luis Obispo County 
Parks and Recreation Commission (PRC) as a Parks Commissioner since 
1991, where she continuously advocates for parks and public open space 
for our community.
  Pandora is the force behind Celebrate Los Osos, a 501 (c)(3) that 
utilizes volunteers to plant, paint, beautify, build, repair, 
refurbish, and maintain projects in order to stimulate community pride 
and leave a legacy for all to enjoy. She has been recognized for this 
work as Los Osos Citizen of the Year, Woman of the Year, Kiwanian of 
the Year, San Luis Obispo County Volunteer of the Year and received the 
Mary Rhode Award from the League of Women Voters.
  Those who know Pandora describe her as someone who shares herself as 
a person and role model. She has motivated countless community members 
to get involved, which has served as inspiration for exceptional 
projects and an abundance of good will. Our community is tremendously 
lucky to count her as a friend and neighbor. Pandora's tireless service 
to our district makes her someone who all young women and men can look 
up to with admiration.
  I ask all Members to join me today in honoring an exceptional woman 
of California's 24th Congressional District, Pandora Nash-Karner, for 
her incredible service to her community.

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