[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 25, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E300]
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                          HONORING RAY MEDLIN

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                           HON. MARCY KAPTUR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 25, 1997

  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
recognize G. Ray Medlin of my district, on his receipt of the Northwest 
Ohio Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation's Humanitarian Award. Ray will 
be honored in Toledo, OH on February 25, 1997.
  Ray has served our community, our State, and our Nation in many 
capacities. He is a dedicated and diligent trade union leader, having 
served as the executive secretary-treasurer of the Northwest Ohio 
District Council of Carpenters and president of the Northwest Ohio 
Building and Construction Trades Council. He currently is the executive 
director of the Carpenters Health and Safety Fund of North America.
  Extending his commitment outside his profession, Ray serves as a key 
member on several northwest Ohio boards including the Bowling Green 
State University Board of Trustees which he currently chairs, the 
Toledo-Lucus County Port Authority Board, the Toledo Regional Growth 
Committee, the Riverside Hospital Board, and the Rossford, OH Economic 
Growth Committee.
  Ray Medlin directs his energies to those ventures which will reap 
economic rewards for our region, thereby assisting our entire community 
in achieving economic security. In that sense, he is a classic 
humanitarian: Focusing his volunteer efforts on bettering the lives of 
his fellow citizens. He is a worthy recipient of the Northwest Ohio 
Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation's 1997 Humanitarian Award. I am 
pleased to join the organization in congratulating him and 
acknowledging his service and commitment to us all.

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