[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11576]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        RECOGNIZING TINA WALTER

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                           HON. BILL SHUSTER

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 23, 2010

  Mr. SHUSTER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Tina Walter, 
who has been selected as the Bedford Rotary Club's 2010 Citizen of the 
Year.
  Tina Walter is an exemplary citizen of New Enterprise, Pennsylvania, 
where she has worked as an Emergency Medical Technician for 26 years. 
Mrs. Walter is a founding member and manager of the Southern Cove 
Ambulance Service where she presently serves as an EMT, CPR, and First 
Responder Instructor. She is also a highly regarded firefighter who 
serves as the President of the Board of Directors of the Southern Cove 
Fire Company. Mrs. Walter has helped secure over $200,000 in state and 
federal grant funds by serving as the grant writer for the Southern 
Cove Ambulance and Fire Company.
  Mrs. Walter has been married for 29 years to the Chief of the 
Southern Cove Fire Company, Brian Walter. She has two children, one of 
whom has a severe handicap and requires twenty-four hour care. Because 
of her schedule as an EMT and Fire Fighter, Mrs. Walter relies on 
friends and family to help care for her son.
  In her spare time, Tina Walter volunteers in nursing homes, schools, 
service clubs and churches. She also helped form and is the current 
director of the Southern Cove Fireman's Choir, which is scheduled to 
sing the National Anthem during a Pittsburgh Pirates game in August. 
Furthermore, Mrs. Walter is currently spearheading a Rotary committee 
to bring the first annual ``Bluegrass Festival'' to New Enterprise in 
July of this year to benefit the Fire Company.
  Tina's efforts and accomplishments serve to exemplify great service 
of self, service to family, and service to community. I commend those 
who have seen fit to honor Tina Walter as this year's Bedford Rotary 
Club's 2010 Citizen of the Year, and I too recognize and congratulate 
Tina Walter for all she has done.

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