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Perry, Franklin County, PA May 18, 2010 Election
Smart Voter Full Biography for Michael J. Lapp

Candidate for
State Representative; District 86; Republican Party

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Served for 25 years of United States military: experience in many positions, vocations, while earning numerous awards, decorations, and commendations in leadership, performance and achievement. April of 2004, retired from the United States Army with over twenty-five years of military service. Has membership with The American Legion, The Veteran of Foreign Wars, with affiliation with the Disabled Veterans.

Expertise in management and team building. Mentored, counseled, and evaluated a divisional headquarters G-1 section, which contained over thirty soldiers. Successfully planned, trained, and performed mobilization exercises in simulation and real circumstances, domestic and international, from fifty to over sixteen-hundred soldiers. While serving in a general staff position, performed honorably in an executive capacity while serving in a general staff position for over ten years.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Substitute Teacher in the following school districts:

Newport, Perry County 2008 - Present
Office Manager for Henchcraft Racing Products, Newport, PA. 2005-2007
General Administrative and payroll
QuickBooks program for business
Planned, designed and created Web Site http://www.henchcraftracing.com
Contractor for the both Perry County Transportation Authority and Henchcraft Racing Products on an "on call" status. Duties include: Trouble shooting, plan and initiate Excel workbooks, etc. Troubleshoot computer issues such as their transportation,program ParaPlan, dispatching programs, misc state,required programs, and general computer/server/LAN issues, miscellaneous duties.

MILITARY EXPERIENCE
Recent assignment: Headquarters Company, 28th Infantry Division (Mechanized)
Position: Senior Administrative Sergeant (E-7) G-1 Section
Location: Harrisburg Military Post, Harrisburg, PA
Duties: Include but were not limited to: General administration, strength reporting, OER/NCOER review/monitoring, Unit Status Reporting, mobilization exercises, unit inspections, other miscellaneous duties. Note: The 28th Infantry Division (Mechanized) carries the honored title of being the Oldest Army Division in the United States. Dates: November 1994 to April 2004

PERSONAL AFFILIATIONS/GOALS Church Newport First Church of God

Worship Leader: 2000 - Present
Elder: 2005 + Present
Deacon: 1998 + 2005
Council Member: 1998 + Present
Sunday School Teacher, full and part-time: 1996 + Present
Bible Study Instructor: 2005 + 2009
Currently member: Maintenance Committee, Grounds Committee and Christian Education Committee
Community
Newport Senior Center Meals-on-Wheels Volunteer
Perry County Day Camp: Director, Past Recreation Director and Camp Counselor, since 1997
Newport Youth Soccer President: 2002 + 2008
Newport Turkey Trot: Steering Committee
Newport Youth Softball Coach: 2000-2005, & 2006
Newport Youth Baseball Coach: 1995-1998, 2000-2002
Newport Elementary School Intramural Basketball Coach: 2003-2005
Veterans of Foreign War: Chaplain
American Legion Member
Masonic Lodge Member: Past Chaplain, Youth Member Representative
Free computer services to all church members and senior citizens in Newport.
Disabled Veterans Association

Politics

Recently placed on the ballot in the 86th District (Perry and part of Franklin counties) as a candidate for the House of Representatives. Campaigned on the Republican ticket with a goal to unite the parties and truly represent the citizens of said district without distinction of sole representation but total representation. Has not received any gifts of monies as to not owe any sole individual or sole institution but the entire district as a whole. Did not accept nor received any endorsements from lobbyist groups as to not be obligated or owe these organizations but the district as a whole. Goal is to prove that one can gain a seat in the House without financial, individual, or organizational indebtedness. One district one voice.

EDUCATION Central Pennsylvania College 2008 Bachelor of Science Business Administration

Columbia Southern University 2004 Associate of Applied Science Business Administration

Family
Wife Patricia Estes (23 yrs), sons David Nicholas (21 yrs) and Andrew (Odie) Orion (20 yrs) and daughter Kathryn (Katie) Elizabeth (16 yrs) resides in Newport for the last 15 years. Mother deceased form diabetes, Father unknown, three brothers and three sisters. Favorite pastimes are instructing Bible study, reading, coaching, and home improvement. Favorite books consists of The Holy Bible authored by God, War and Peace and Anna Karenina authored by Tolstoy, Moby Dick authored by Melville, Almost all of Frank Herbert's works, Numerous Isaac Asimov's works, Illusions and J. L. Seagull authored by Richard Bach, The Nun's Story authored by Hulme, Embraced by the Light authored by Eadie, The Frontiersmen authored by Eckert, Kim authored by Kipling. This is not, of course an all inclusive list.

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