[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 650]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING MARY LEIBHAM

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 28, 2004

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Mary Leibham for 
33 years of dedicated public service. Ms. Leibham will retire from the 
District Attorney Compliance and Closure Unit in early February. On 
Saturday, January 24, she will be honored at an event held at the SOS 
Club in Modesto, California.
  Mary was born in North Dakota, but was raised in Sacramento, 
California. For the past 25 years, she has lived in Modesto, 
California. In 1971, Mary's extensive career in the Department of 
Social Services began as she transferred to the District Attorney 
Family Support Division as a family support officer. She returned to 
the Department of Social Services as a welfare fraud investigator in 
1979. Less than a year later, Mary went back to the District Attorney 
Family Support Division as a family support officer and has since 
served as a senior family support officer, Family Support Program 
analyst, and is currently serving as Manager II, supervising the 
Compliance and Case Closure Unit (formerly District Attorney Family 
Support Division).
  Ms. Leibham has had numerous accomplishments and has been involved 
with many noteworthy projects. She is the recipient of the 2001-2002 
California Family Support Council Director's Award, as well as the 
2001-2002 California Family Support Council Contribution in Training. 
Mary has participated in the Welfare Reform Task Force, the CDDA FSO 
College Committee, and the Stanislaus County Employee Mentoring 
Program-AIM Project for Everett Elementary and Chrysler Schools.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Mary Leibham upon her retirement 
from public service. Although her career in public service has ended, 
her contributions will be felt for generations to come. I invite my 
colleagues to join me in wishing Mary a fulfilling retirement.

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