[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 21 (Thursday, February 4, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E103-E104]
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                           HONORING PAM RUDD

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                            HON. JAMES COMER

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, February 4, 2021

  Mr. COMER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Pam Rudd of 
Hopkinsville, Kentucky for her six decades of public service and 
enormous contributions to the betterment of her community. In 1971, Ms. 
Rudd started working

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for Hopkinsville Parks and Recreation part-time while serving as a 
physical education teacher. Upon her retirement from the school system 
in 1977, Ms. Rudd worked full-time as program coordinator for 
Hopkinsville Parks end Recreation. While at the department, she had 
served under nine directors, including a stint of her own as interim 
director from 2005 to 2007. As program coordinator, Ms. Rudd has played 
an integral role in the department's transition from a city-county 
entity to the city-managed Hopkinsville Parks and Recreation 
Department. She also played a lead role in the design and planning of 
Hopkinsville's award-winning Tie-Breaker Baseball Softball complex in 
2001, which would go on to serve many children in the region. Pam's 
years of service came to a summit when Ms. Rudd was recognized as a 
Kentucky Recreation and Parks Society Fellow in 2015. She was also 
fittingly selected for the Kentucky Recreation and Parks Society Hall 
of Fame in 2019. I am honored to share the exceptional history of Ms. 
Rudd's six-decade career. I want to thank Ms. Rudd for being an 
extraordinary leader to her community and the 1st Congressional 
District of Kentucky.

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