[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15991]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 IN RECOGNITION OF MRS. LINDA HATFIELD

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                         HON. DAVID G. VALADAO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 8, 2015

  Mr. VALADAO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Mrs. Linda 
Hatfield for receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American 
Cancer Society (ACS).
  Mrs. Hatfield was born on December 24, 1935. She grew up in the 
Central Valley of California and attended Lemoore High School. After 
completing her education, Mrs. Hatfield became a teacher and taught in 
Central Valley schools until her retirement. A lifelong Central Valley 
resident, Mrs. Hatfield currently resides in Hanford, California with 
her husband, Bill Hatfield. Together they have three children, seven 
grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.
  In 1982 while still teaching full-time, Mrs. Hatfield began 
volunteering for the ACS. Over the last three decades, she has 
dedicated her life to the organization, successfully recruited 
additional volunteers, and educated many on how to prevent and survive 
cancer. Mrs. Hatfield also served on the ACS Board of Directors and 
helped reopen the ACS office after it was shut down as an entirely 
volunteer-run location. A survivor herself, Mrs. Hatfield has gone 
above and beyond her duty as a volunteer and demonstrated her 
commitment to fighting cancer time and time again.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues in the United States House of 
Representatives to join me in congratulating Mrs. Linda Hatfield on 
being honored with an American Cancer Society Lifetime Achievement 
Award.

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