[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 20]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 29682]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



         HONORING DOMINIC PALUMBO FOR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY

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                          HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, November 15, 1999

  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to rise today to 
honor an exceptional member of the North Haven, Connecticut community 
and a good friend, Dom Palumbo. On Saturday, November 13, the North 
Haven High School honored Dom by inducting him into their Sports Hall 
of Fame.
  Dom has been an outstanding contributor to the sports programs at 
North Haven High School as well as an invaluable member of our 
community. Throughout his time in North Haven, Dom has been incredibly 
generous with his time, devoting himself to young athletes and 
supporting the athletics department in innumerable ways. He contributed 
to the building of the North Haven High School locker room at Northford 
Pavilion and opened his home countless times to young athletes to 
celebrate victories and successes. From sponsoring youth baseball, 
midget football, and summer basketball teams to helping purchase weight 
room equipment to hiring a bus for players and spectators, Dom's 
contributions to the North Haven community and its youth will be felt 
for years to come. Dom's efforts have fostered a sense of teamwork and 
sportsmanship in hundreds of North Haven youths.
  Dom's commitment to the residents of North Haven extends far beyond 
his involvement with the high school. Today, retired from the ceramic 
tile business he started, Dom is a member of the Board of Directors of 
the Quinnipiac Council for Boy Scouts of America and will resign this 
year after a fifteen year tenure as the Secretary of the Democratic 
State Central Committee. He has served on the North Haven Democratic 
Town Committee for 32 years, the Planning & Zoning Commission for 29 
years, and the Democratic State Central Committee for 25 years. Dom's 
commitment to his community has enhanced and enriched the lives of our 
children and families.
  It is with great pride that I rise today to join with his wife Judy, 
his sons, Richard, Robert, Ronald, and Raymond, the North Haven High 
School, and the North Haven community as my dear friend, Dom Palumbo, 
is inducted into the North Haven High School Sports Hall of Fame as the 
1999 Service Award Honoree. My sincere congratulations on this 
wonderful occasion.

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