[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 25, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1830]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO KENNETH CHAPMAN

 Ms. HASSAN. Madam President, I am honored to recognize Kenneth 
Chapman of Woodstock as March's Granite Stater of the Month. Kenneth 
recently retired after serving as Woodstock's town moderator for 50 
years.
  Kenneth was raised to believe that service to his community and to 
others needed to be a priority. After settling in Woodstock as a young 
adult, Kenneth began attending school board meetings and joined 
different town committees. Kenneth enjoyed the ways in which the small 
town allowed him to directly feel the impact of his efforts to give 
back to his community. After being asked to moderate a special town 
election in 1975, Kenneth realized that he had a passion for upholding 
democracy and ran for the official role of town moderator. He continued 
to serve in this all-important role through this year's town meeting 
season, marking 50 years in service to Woodstock.
  During his half century of service, Kenneth has had a tangible impact 
on his community. He has seen the town grow and adapt to new 
technology, personally overseeing the switch to more modern voting 
machines, even as he has continued to ensure that Woodstock voters 
freely and civilly participated in countless elections and town 
meetings. Over the years, Kenneth also helped his community as a 
nationally registered paramedic, as an incorporator and trustee of the 
North Country Center for the Arts, as a member of the Western White 
Mountains Chamber, and as a member of the Lincoln-Woodstock Cooperative 
School Board.
  Kenneth's commitment to service as town moderator is an excellent 
reflection of New Hampshire's commitment to safeguarding free and fair 
elections, the foundation of our democracy. And his devotion to serving 
the Woodstock community in countless other ways as well is a great 
example of the way Granite Staters take it upon themselves to work with 
their friends and neighbors to solve problems. I am proud to name 
Kenneth Chapman as March's Granite Stater of the Month.

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