[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 146 (Saturday, October 8, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: October 8, 1994]
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                              DOYLE RAHJES

  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I would like to take this opportunity to 
honor an individual who is from my home State of Kansas. Doyle Rahjes 
is an outstanding Kansan and an ideal public servant.
  After devoting more than a quarter of a century to the Kansas Farm 
Bureau, Doyle will step down as president of the Farm Bureau this 
November. A native of Agra, KS, Doyle's exemplary service dates back 
almost 30 years to his work on the Phillips County Farm Bureau Board. 
His commitment and effort to help Kansas farmers placed him on the Farm 
Bureau's Resolution Committee and Board of Directors. In 1973, he 
became the Farm Bureau's vice president and he rose to the presidency 
in 1983.
  Doyle's tremendous concern for the agriculture community and the 
State of Kansas has also been recognized by those outside of the Farm 
Bureau community. He was a member of the Governor's task force on water 
resources and subsequently served 8 years with the Kansas water 
authority. He also participated on the executive committee of the 
National Livestock and Meat Board.
  Doyle is a well known and respected authority on issues concerning 
farmers on the national level. He was selected to be a member of the 
American Farm Bureau Federation Board of Directors and its executive 
board. Doyle was also invited by the President to represent his home 
State at the White House conference on national balanced growth and 
economic development.
  His dedication to the agriculture community has not gone unnoticed by 
his fellow Kansans. He is the recipient of an honorary State farmer 
degree from the FFA and has been honored as the Kansas Farm Bureau 
leader of the Year.
  Doyle's work has made the Kansas Farm Bureau a respected agricultural 
voice representing farmers in Kansas and across the United States. He 
has never lost touch with the concerns of America's farmers. He 
committed himself to serve the agriculture community and has done so in 
exemplary fashion. In November Doyle will return to the agriculture 
community he has represented so well for nearly 30 years. He will go 
back to the farm he and his nephew run together to raise wheat, milo, 
and beef cattle.
  Mr. President, on behalf of the State of Kansas, I want to extend my 
thanks and best wishes to Doyle Rajhes, his wife Charlotte, and to his 
children, Lori, and Kenneth.

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