[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 139 (Tuesday, October 1, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1886]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              REPORT FROM INDIANA--HOOSIER HERO THANK YOU

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                         HON. DAVID M. McINTOSH

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 30, 1996

  Mr. McINTOSH.  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to give special report from 
Indiana. Each week throughout my first term, I have come before this 
House to life 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 rebuild, clean 
and revitalize their once poor and dilapidated neighborhood.
  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 here in Congress. So many 
people who have reached out and touched our heart with heir 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.
  My wife Ruthie and I have met so many good people all across Indiana. 
These people are Hoosier Heros.
  Today as we prepare to adjourn 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 an honor to represent you. And that concludes my report from 
Indiana.

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