[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 138 (Monday, September 30, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1831-E1832]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   REPORT FROM INDIANA--GREATEST HITS

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                         HON. DAVID M. McINTOSH

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                      Saturday, September 28, 1996

  Mr. McINTOSH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to give a special report from 
Indiana.
  Each week throughout my first term, I have come before this House to 
lift up kind and caring people in the Second District.
  Caring individuals who continue to strive day and night making their 
communities better places to live.
  I've tapped these special people Hoosier Heros. Hoosier Heros because 
they truly have made a difference.
  Whether it be the MOM program in my hometown of Muncie, that teaches 
inner city children to `think they can until they know they can'
  Or the school children at Shadeland Elementary in Anderson, who stand 
up to the drug pushers, the gang members and criminals who roam their 
streets. They continue to stand firm and say: ``we aren't going to take 
any more.''
  Or the good people in Richmond who love and care for battered and 
abused children at Wernle Home.
  Or the Shelby Co. Youth Shelter folks who take in troubled teenagers 
and provide them a new birth of hope for a brighter future. And the 
Lincoln Central Neighborhood Association in Columbus, can not be 
forgotten. A poor neighborhood by monetary standards but a community 
rich in hope.
  Imagine inner city residents taking responsibility to re-build, clean 
and revitalize their once poor and dilapidated neighborhood.

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  Mr. Speaker, these are certainly not the only Hoosier Heros that I 
have lifted up in my weekly report from Indiana during the 104th 
Congress.
  There are so many special places we have visited. So many new friends 
we have made throughout my first term in Congress. So many people who 
have reached out and touched our hearts with their firm commitment to 
making their community a better place.
  And so many Hoosier Heros we've met along the way--makes me proud to 
represent them--proud of my District, the Second District of Indiana.
  Mr. wife Ruthie and I have met so many good people all across 
Indiana. These people are Hoosier Heros.
  Today as we prepare to adjoin, I'd like to not only lift them up one 
final time, but let me say, thank you, from the bottom of my heart. 
It's truly and honor to represent you.
  And that concludes my report from Indiana.

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