[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9577-9578]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING THE EFFORTS OF LAUREN DABERKOW AND DAWSON PUBLIC POWER 
                    DISTRICT IN LEXINGTON, NEBRASKA

  (Mr. SMITH of Nebraska asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
efforts of Lauren Daberkow, a retired mechanic at Dawson Public Power 
District in Lexington, Nebraska. For the third year in a row, Lauren 
traveled to Caracol, Haiti, as part of a rural electrification project 
through the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.
  Each year, Lauren transports the supplies necessary to service 
utility trucks, addresses maintenance concerns, and then offers hands-
on training so local staff can address such issues in the future.

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  While only 13 percent of the people in Haiti have regular access to 
electricity, when this project is linked to other electrification 
efforts, approximately 20,000 customers over the next 3 years will have 
access to electricity. Electricity can improve the quality of life 
through access to vital services like health care, education, and clean 
water.
  For this reason, I thank Mr. Daberkow and the National Rural Electric 
Cooperative Association for their efforts to electrify communities 
around the world.

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