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Members of the Berkshire County branch of the National Alliance on Mental Illness present Congressman Olver with an award for his advocacy and support on behalf ofmental illness issues. |
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Congressman John W. Olver joined 1st Congressional District American Cancer Society volunteers at the Massachusetts tent on the Capitol Mall for "Celebration on the Hill," a grassroots event celebrating cancer survivorship and empowering individuals to advocate for laws that will fight against cancer. |
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Congressman Olver with his legislative assistant Nora Kaitfors on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. |
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Congressman John W. Olver joined in an announcement of plans to invest $9 million into much-needed housing at 470 Main Street, Fitchburg as part of downtown revitalization. Pictured, front row, left to right: Emily MacRae, President, Twin Cities CDC; Chris Bramley, President TD Banknorth Massachusetts; LaRayne Hebert, District Director, New England District, Neighborworks America; Marc Dohan, Executive Director, Twin Cities CDC. Back row: Ken Wade, CEO, Neighborworks America; Dan Mylott, Mayor of Fitchburg; Congressman Olver; James Word, Management Consultant, Neighborworks America. |
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Congressman John W. Olver participates in a Town Meeting on civil liberties at Berkshire Community College in Pittsfield hosted by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Massachusetts. Pictured from left to right: Professor Christopher Pyle of Mount Holyoke College, an expert on constitutional law and civil liberties; Carol Rose, Executive Director of the ACLU of Massachusetts; Congressman Olver; and Bill Newman, a civil liberties attorney in the Western Massachusetts Office of the ACLU. |
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Congressman John W. Olver (D-1st District) visits Quaboag on the Common elder care facility in West Brookfield to announce $2 million in USDA Rural Development federal loan funds. Pictured from left to right: Loren Salviette, Administrator of Quaboag; David Tuttle, State Director, Rural Development; Congressman Olver; State Representative Ann Gobi; State Senator Stephen Brewer; and Diane King, Area Specialist, Rural Development. |
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Congressman announces that Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA) has received a $50,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to increase the amount of locally grown food served in area colleges, hospitals and institutions. |
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Congressman Olver met with western Massachusetts SHINE counselors to discuss their experiences helping seniors with Medicare Part D. Pictured, left to right, are Bruce Callahan, Paula Mark, Cami Elbow, Cindy Strait, Congressman Olver, Executive Director of Franklin County Home Care Roseann Martoccia, SHINE program Regional Director Lorraine York-Edberg, and Karen Noblit. |
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Congressman Olver reads a story to children during a Reach Out and Read event at the Fitchburg Community Health Center. |
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Congressman Olver visits with third-graders at J. Stanley Sullivan Elementary School in North Adams. |
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Congressman Olver talks with Beth Fraser at the Organic Trade Association in Greenfield, Mass. |
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Congressman Olver tours Westover Job Corps and meets with students and administrators. Pictured, left to right, are John Arthur (Westover Job Corps Business & Community Liaison), Brian Getty, Congressman Olver, Lateesha Sansbury, and Jessica Murphy. |
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Congressman Olver is thanked for visiting Westover Job
Corps by Management and Training Corporation's Ellie Lopez
and Westover's John Arthur. |
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Congressman Olver attends the 2nd Annual New England Green Chemistry
Symposium at the Silvio O. Conte National Center for Polymer Research at
UMass, Amherst. |
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Congressman Olver holds a public forum on Social Security with Debra Banda, AJoe Tringali, Stavros Center for Independent Living, at Amherst College. |
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Congressman Olver holds a public forum on Social
Security with Debra Banda, AARP, and Jim Kruidenier, Stavros Center for
Independent Living, in Westfield. |
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Congressman Olver joins Senator
Kennedy at the dedication ceremony for the Joseph Scelsi Intermodal
Transportation Center in Pittsfield. |
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Congressman John Olver joins Congressman
Richard Neal in breaking ground on the new security forces building
at Westover Air Force Reserve Base. |
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Congressman Olver celebrated the
conservation of YMCA Camp Hi Rock in Mt. Washington along with The
Nature Conservancy (TNC) and state and local officials. |
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Congressman Olver speaks about
the effects of climate change on African Americans at a press conference
sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus. Olver is co-chair of
the House Climate Change Caucus. |
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Congressman Olver with Summer 2004 interns in Washington, D.C. |
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Congressman Olver visits the World War II Memorial on the Mall in Washington D.C. |
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The World War II Memorial on the Mall. |
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Congressman Olver visits the World War II Memorial. |
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Congressman Olver speaks with Congressman Wayne Gilchrest at a press
conference to announce the Climate Stewardship Act. Olver and Gilchrest are
principal cosponsors of the bill to fight global warming. |
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Congressman Olver and Daniel A. Lashof of the Natural Resources Defense
Council at a press conference to announce the Climate Stewardship Act. |
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Congressman Olver speaks with Senator Joe Lieberman at a press conference
to announce the House Climate Stewardship Act to fight global warming.
Lieberman is cosponsoring a companion bill in the Senate. |
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Congressman Olver presents Senior Master Sgt. John P. Sacco of
Ware with the Silver Star Medal for gallantry in action during a ceremony at
Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield. |
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Congressman Olver participates with Adjutant General George W.
Keefe in a ceremony marking the opening of the new Security Forces Facility
at the 104th Fighter Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard at Barnes
Air National Guard Base in Westfield. |
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Congressman Olver visits with Frontier Regional School student Kayla Gilmore
of Deerfield on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. |
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Congressman Olver speaks to students from Frontier Regional School in South
Deerfield on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. |
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Congressman Olver joined
Air National Guard and Westfield city officials to announce the completion
of Taxiway B at Barnes Airport. |
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Congressman Olver helps cut the ribbon on the
new Taxiway B at Barnes Airport in Westfield. |
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Congressman Olver participates along with state and federal officials in a
groundbreaking ceremony for the Massachusetts Veterans' Memorial Cemetery
in Winchendon. |
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Melissa Allen of Bernardston, Mass. visits with Congressman Olver during her visit to Washington D.C. for the 2003 Congressional Student Leadership Conference. Melissa is a junior at the Berkshire School in Sheffield, Mass. |
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Congressman Olver met with Nipmuc Nation officials Chief Walter Vickers and Council Chairperson Frances Richardson Garnett to discuss the tribe's efforts for federal recognition. |
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Students from Rowe Elementary School took time out of their rainy trip toWashington, D.C. to talk with Congressman Olver. |
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Mark Meachen and Johnathan Bartlett, both of Sterling, Mass., visited Washington on May 14 during the 2003 Tour de Sol: The Great American Green Transportation Festival organized by the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) in Greenfield. They won first place in the Hybrid Category of the festival's Green Car Competition for this 1996 Volkwagen Passat which runs on 100 percent biodeisel. |
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