January 14, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 7 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                       TRIBUTE TO WOODY CRAWFORD

 Ms. HASSAN. Mr. President, today I would like to recognize the 
retirement of Mr. Millard ``Woody'' Crawford of Colebrook, NH.
  Since 1975, Mr. Crawford has worked for the Colebrook District Office 
of the New Hampshire Electric Co-operative in the New Hampshire North 
Country.
  The Colebrook District Office distributes power to about 1,500 co-op 
members in Columbia, Colebrook, Dixville, Stewartstown, Clarksville, 
and Pittsburg, NH and maintains miles of overhead lines.
  Returning to New Hampshire after college in 1971, Mr. Crawford took a 
job digging and setting poles for the co-op, before making a pitch to 
the district representative as to why they should hire him as a utility 
lineman. He learned line work on the job, and bringing power to a 
household by connecting someone to the grid remained his favorite part 
of the job throughout his career.
  In 1997, Mr. Crawford was responding to an outage with his partner, 
Mark Monahan, when they witnessed the shooting of a New Hampshire State 
Trooper. The gunman, having already killed another state trooper, a 
district court judge, and a newspaper editor, threatened Mr. Crawford 
and Mr. Monahan, but they drove to the main road to stop traffic and 
prevented the loss of more life.
  Mr. Crawford's colleagues praise his professionalism and care for 
others, and I am proud to join them in congratulating him on his 
retirement.
  I hope you will join me in honoring a dedicated Granite Stater, Woody 
Crawford.

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