[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 109 (Tuesday, August 9, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E]
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[Congressional Record: August 9, 1994]
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                     ``HILLARY'S SWEET LEMON MINT''

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                         HON. JERRY F. COSTELLO

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, August 9, 1994

  Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring to my colleagues' 
attention the achievements of Mr. Jim Westerfield, a constituent of 
mine from Freeburg, IL, who runs the Westerfield House Bed and 
Breakfast Inn.
  Jim and his wife Marilyn have an herb garden and for several years 
have tried to create new herb hybrids in an effort to find ways to 
improve on the basic herb. Last year, Jim created an herb called 
Hillary's Sweet Lemon Mint, which I personally delivered to the White 
House for the personal use of the First Lady.
  Since that time, the popularity of Hillary's Sweet Lemon Mint has 
grown spectacularly. Newspapers across the country have written praise 
for Jim Westerfield's sweet lemon mint, and the herb's reputation in 
southern Illinois has become widespread.
  Jim recently returned from the International Herb Conference, where 
he and his wife Marilyn well represented herb growers in Illinois. Much 
acclaim was accorded to Jim's new ``Hillary's Sweet Lemon Mint,'' and I 
expect its popularity will continue to grow. I ask my colleagues to 
join me in wishing Jim and Marilyn Westerfield well in their efforts to 
promote herbs in southern Illinois and across the Nation.

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