[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5745]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 TRIBUTE TO MARLENE HITT--28TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WOMAN OF THE YEAR

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 6, 2017

  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Women's History 
Month. Each year, we pay special tribute to the contributions and 
sacrifices made by our nation's women. It is an honor to pay homage to 
outstanding women who are making a difference in my Congressional 
District. I would like to recognize a remarkable woman, Marlene Hitt of 
Sunland, California.
  A lifelong Sunland resident and consummate volunteer, Marlene has 
been active in many organizations in the Sunland-Tujunga community. She 
has been a member of the Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council for many 
years, serving in various leadership roles and on many committees.
  Marlene has been a dedicated and devoted member of the Little Landers 
Historical Society (LLHS), a non-profit organization founded in 1959 to 
preserve Bolton Hall, a 1913 historic stone building in Tujunga that 
was the Tujunga City Hall and the hub for many community activities up 
until the late 1950's when it was saved from destruction. The LLHS 
subsequently collects, preserves and displays records, artifacts and 
landmarks of the history of the Sunland-Tujunga area and people active 
in that history in the Bolton Hall Museum. For nearly three decades, 
Ms. Hitt has capably and enthusiastically served the LLHS and Bolton 
Hall Museum as Museum Director, Docent Director, Boardmember, Archivist 
and Docent. In addition, Marlene and her husband Lloyd, were very 
involved in the successful effort to obtain historic designation for a 
portion of the Verdugo Hills Golf Course, where a World War II 
detention center for Japanese-Americans was located.
  A well-regarded writer, Ms. Hitt is a longtime member of the Chupa 
Rosa Writers of Sunland-Tujunga and the Foothills, and has authored 
anthologies, readings, poetry chapbooks, a non-fiction book: ``Sunland-
Tujunga, from Village to City,'' and has written articles for many 
newspapers. Along with other community members, Marlene co-founded the 
Sunland-Tujunga Poet Laureate program, where she was honored to serve 
as its first Poet Laureate.
  Married for sixty-one years, Marlene and Lloyd have two children, two 
grandchildren and one great grandchild.
  I ask all Members to join me in honoring an exceptional, well-
respected woman of California's 28th Congressional District, Marlene 
Hitt.

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