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facility. APEC had a staggering 40,000 New 

York City area school students visit Alley Pond 

last year. During APEC-run programs, students of pre-school, elementary school, middle 

and high school ages learn about the environment and conservation policy. APEC also runs 

wonderful Teacher Workshops to train teachers in methods to enrich and improve their 

natural sciences curriculum when they return 

to the classroom. Demand for APEC’s educational programs is so high that over 8,000 

students had to be placed on a waiting list to 

visit Alley Pond. 

Borough President Marshall, recognizing 

APEC’s need for space, led the way for the 

New York City Department of Parks and 

Recreation to allocate resources for APEC’s 

future environmental educational facility. Utilizing the $1 million in funds that Helen helped 

to get, APEC will soon start construction of a 

new green facility that will make student waiting lists for APEC’s programs a thing of the 

past. For Helen, this kind of action is nothing 

new. From her time as a teacher, to her service as a member of the New York State Assembly and the New York City Council, to 

being the Queens Borough President; she has 

been the most tireless advocate for children’s 

educational and environmental resources. 

From libraries, to remedial programs, to playgrounds and parks, no one has done more to 

make certain that the children of Queens receive the help they need for the best education possible. 

Madam Speaker, I highly commend Borough President Marshall for her extraordinary 

dedication to environmental education and for 

receiving the ‘‘Green Leadership Award’’ from 

the Alley Pond Environmental Center. Helen 

embodies the spirit of the award, having devoted herself to ensuring that children experience the world’s natural beauty in America’s 

greatest city. I ask my colleagues in the 

House of Representatives to please join me in 

congratulating Helen Marshall as a recipient of 

this well-deserved honor. 

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TRIBUTE TO RECOGNIZE MR. 

NORRIS O. CHANDLER 

HON. Wm. LACY CLAY OF MISSOURI

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 

Mr. CLAY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to 

honor Mr. Norris O. Chandler, former WWI 

and WWII veteran who has demonstrated an 

unyielding commitment to the service of others 

through 60 years of civilian service. 

Chandler enlisted in United States Army at 

Jefferson Barracks and was soon assigned to 

a special amphibious engineering unit activated for World War II—the 149th Engineer 

Combat Battalion. As a Demolition Specialist 

for the 149th, he joined the invasion of France 

on Omaha Beach in 1944. 

The 149th was responsible for destroying 

enemy bridges, probing and destroying mines 

and other obstacles, both on land and underwater, and for building Bailey Bridges. 

Following World War II, Mr. Chandler returned to Fort Polk, Louisiana to await discharge. His unit was deactivated in December 

of 1945 and he became part of the newly activated Organized Reserve Corps (Individual 

Stand-By) until 1951. 

In 1951, Mr. Chandler entered the Civilian 

Service with the Missouri Military District 

(MMD), 11th Army Corps, St. Louis, and Missouri as a warehouseman. During this time the 

MMD was renamed the U.S. Army Support 

Center. Mr. Chandler continued his services at 

the center, holding various positions including 

stock control clerk, general supply clerk, and 

Publications Supply officer among other things 

before the agency moved to Fort Sheridan, Ill. 

Mr. Chandler opposed relocating to Fort 

Sheridan and joined the staff at the U.S. Army 

Adjutant General Publications Center as a 

packer, for over 40 years, turning down General Schedule (GS) opportunities in favor of 

his Wage Grade (WG) packer position. 

Chandlers WWII unit received four campaign ribbons: Normandy (with bronze arrowhead), Northern France, Rhineland, and Central Europe. Mr. Chandler’s civilian awards include the Achievement Medal for Civilian 

Service in September 1996. In addition, he 

currently has over 3300 hours of sick leave 

and usually forfeits almost all of his annual 

leave, except when he generously donates to 

other employees through the leave donation 

program. 

Madam Speaker, I am honored to pay tribute to Mr. Chandler, an American hero, for 60 

years as a civil servant and for his noble sacrifice and courage to the United States Armed 

Services. I urge my colleagues to join me in 

honoring Mr. Norris O. Chandler for his service and commitment to put country first. 

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IN RECOGNITION OF WARNER 

GLENN’S DEDICATION TO THE 

SOUTHWEST 

HON. GABRIELLE GIFFORDS OF ARIZONA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 

Ms. GIFFORDS. Madam Speaker, it is with 

great pride that I rise today to acknowledge 

the extraordinary accomplishments of Mr. 

Warner Glenn, a dedicated steward of our 

fragile lands and a champion for endangered 

species of the Southwest. 

Mr. Glenn is a rancher who lives near Douglas, Arizona, a small city on the United StatesMexico border that traces its roots back to the 

early 20th century. The desert lands surrounding Douglas are an environmental treasure. They are abundant in wildlife. These 

beautiful areas face serious threats and many 

citizens in my district have taken action to address these issues. Warner Glenn is a leader 

in this movement. 

Warner and his family are part of the Malpai 

Borderlands Group, ranchers and conservationists who are dedicated to preserving the 

open spaces that are in danger of disappearing. 

He was recently named by the United 

States Fish and Wildlife Service as a ‘‘Regional Recovery Champion’’ for his tireless efforts in protecting the endangered jaguar. Mr. 

Glenn’s photographs of jaguars were the first 

taken of the animal in the United States. 

Mr. Glenn’s photographs were more than 

mere documentation of the jaguar. In honoring 

Mr. Glenn, Benjamin Tuggle, the director of 

the Fish and Wildlife’s Southwestern Region, 

noted that Mr. Glenn’s ‘‘stunning photographs, 

along with his written and oral accounts, have 

ignited a passion for jaguars and borderlands 

conservation.’’ 

He took his photographs in 1996 and 2006. 

Since then, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

has granted the jaguar protection under the 

Endangered Species Act. The agency also 

funds monitoring efforts in Arizona and has 

contributed to local and international programs 

to help conserve the jaguar and aid in the 

species’ recovery. 

Mr. Glenn embodies the true spirit of the 

Southwest. Born and raised in the fabled Chiricahua Mountains, he makes his living from 

the land as a rancher, guide and outfitter for 

hunters. When he is in the wild, he typically 

carries a .357 Magnum on his belt. Yet as he 

has said that he ‘‘never felt danger’’ when he 

encountered the jaguars! His only thought as 

he first saw the jaguar that day was how can 

we protect this beautiful animal and maintain 

its ability to roam the deserts and mountains? 

Not all of us have Mr. Glenn’s vision but all 

of us can learn valuable lessons from him with 

regard to the jaguar. As he put it, ‘‘When you 

see one of those in the wild, you can’t help 

but admire and respect those cats, and they 

deserve it.’’ 

I commend and thank Warner Glenn for all 

he has done to preserve the land and the 

wildlife that lives on it. 

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EARMARK DECLARATION 

HON. JEFF MILLER OF FLORIDA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 

Mr. MILLER of Florida. Madam Speaker, 

pursuant to the Republican Leadership standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information regarding earmarks I received in the amendment of the House of 

Representatives to the amendment of the 

Senate to H.R. 2638. 

Name of the requesting Member: JEFF MILLER. 

Bill number: H.R. 2638. 

Project: Eglin Air Force Base Range Operations Center (ROCC) Initiative. 

Account: RDT&E, Air Force. 

Earmark Received: $800,000. 

Justification for use of taxpayer funding: 

Considering the effects of BRAC, emerging 

Joint Test and Training missions, and increased operations tempo, this initiative will 

address the current Eglin AFB shortfalls in infrastructure to provide safe, efficient, effective 

control of range resources. Eglin AFB initiated 

a phased approach (Super ROCC) to address 

these shortfalls, and this project will initiate the 

action by addressing movement and control of 

people and equipment and relevant security 

issues. This initiative will help the Air Force increase the operations tempo at the Eglin 

Range by addressing the movement and control of people and equipment as well as relevant security issues. Through this initiative, 

the Air Force will greatly improve its ability to 

track all players on the Eglin Range thereby 

significantly increase its efficiency in an increased ops tempo environment. Driven by 

BRAC and safety imperatives, this further provides for more effective control which will better optimize range scheduling and increase 

flexibility in meeting test and training missions. 

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