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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
EASTERN HANCOCK HIGH SCHOOL WINS COLTS LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from
Indiana (Mr. Pence) for 5 minutes.
Mr. PENCE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Eastern
Hancock High School football team for being one of four Indiana high
schools to win the Colts Leadership Challenge.
The Colts Leadership Challenge is a competition that encourages high
school football teams to host blood drives and encourages donations
throughout the summer.
Hundreds of donations are needed each day to meet the needs of the
Versiti Blood Center of Indiana. We are so proud of the Royals for
helping to deliver these critical, lifesaving measures.
I want to thank the Eastern Hancock High School football team for
their outstanding service to the community and to the State of Indiana.
Well done.
Recognizing Bec Wicker's Women In Agriculture Achievement Award
Mr. PENCE. Madam Speaker, I want to recognize Rush County resident
Bec Wicker, who was recently awarded the Women in Agriculture
Achievement Award. The annual award recognizes Indiana women who have
contributed significantly to the success of Indiana agriculture.
Bec joined Wicker Farms in 1976 and has since built a dairy milking
operation, a calf and cow operation, and produces corn, soybeans,
wheat, alfalfa, and hay.
I thank Mrs. Bec Wicker for her outstanding contributions and support
for the agriculture community.
Farmers In Indiana's Sixth District Receive Hoosier Homestead Award
Mr. PENCE. Madam Speaker, I want to recognize the outstanding
achievement of 27 family farms in Indiana's Sixth Congressional
District.
The Hoosier Homestead Award is given out by the Indiana State
Department of Agriculture to family farms that have been farming for
over 100 years, 150 years, and 200 years. I am proud that, in my
district alone, 15 family farms earned the Hoosier Homestead centennial
award, 8 earned the sesquicentennial award, and 4 earned the
bicentennial award.
Future generations of Hoosier farmers can look up to these family
farms and know that hard work and dedication pays off.
Congratulations to all of these families for earning the recognition
as a Hoosier homestead.
Indiana's Beirut Memorial Monument
Mr. PENCE. Madam Speaker, this weekend, I joined my fellow veterans
and Gold Star families in dedicating the Beirut Memorial monument to
Hoosiers killed in the terrorist attack in Beirut, Lebanon, on October
23, 1983.
As a Beirut veteran myself, I understand that our first duty is to
remember. I am proud that Indiana now has our own memorial to
commemorate the Indiana servicemen who sacrificed their lives in the
name of peace, and we will never forget:
James Baynard, USMC
Danny Estes, USMC
Michael Gorchinski, USN
Maurice Hukill, USMC
George McVicker, USN; and
Thomas Thorstad, USMC.
Madam Speaker, I will always be faithful.
Semper fi.
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