[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 16 (Thursday, January 26, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E182]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


         SALUTE TO DORILL B. WRIGHT, KEN HESS,AND JAMES DANIELS

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                          HON. ELTON GALLEGLY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 25, 1995
  Mr. GALLEGLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of three 
selfless and tireless public servants who, for many years, have made it 
their business to make life better for the people of Port Hueneme.
  Dorill B. Wright, Ken Hess, and James Daniels have spent a combined 
total of 44 years on the Port Hueneme City Council and, as anyone who 
has held locally elected office knows, these years were filled with 
countless meetings, weekend obligations and late night phone calls.
  But the commitment of these three officials to their friends and 
neighbors in Port Hueneme hardly ended with their official city duties. 
All three took additional steps to even further involve themselves in a 
variety of county and statewide activities that benefitted a much 
larger constituency.
  Dorill Wright, for whom the city named its cultural center in 1988, 
served on the council for 24 years, 16 as mayor.
  A past director and president of the Port Hueneme Chamber of 
Commerce, he has served on the Ventura County grand jury, the 
California Coastal Commission, local hospital boards and a wide variety 
of civic and governmental groups far too numerous to list individually.
  Ken Hess, who served on the council for 12 years, has also been an 
active and involved member of his community. He has been a member and 
chairman of the Ventura County Association of Governments, a member of 
the county's Drunk Driving Task Force and a past president of the Port 
Hueneme Chamber of Commerce.
  Jim Daniels, a Port Hueneme resident for more than 40 years, spent 8 
of those years on the city council and has more than lived up to the 
designation he earned back in 1963, Port Hueneme Citizen of the Year.
  With Dorill and Ken, he helped the council develop the city's 
cultural center and the Ray Prueter Library, helped supervise the 
renovation of the Orvene Carpenter Community Center and the badly 
needed widening of Pleasant Valley Road. In addition to his council 
duties, Jim has played a leadership role in many community groups and 
advisory boards.
  Mr. Speaker, these three men have made a difference in their 
community, the county and their State through their hard work and 
dedication. I ask my colleagues to join me in saluting their efforts 
today and wishing them all the best in the future.


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