[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 57 (Tuesday, May 6, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E854]
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                      TRIBUTE TO KENNETH E. SCOTT

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                           HON. BOB SCHAFFER

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 6, 1997

  Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado, Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay 
tribute to Kenneth E. Scott, a Kiowa, CO, rancher and farmer who made 
many contributions to his community before passing away at the age of 
93.
  Ken was born in Missouri and came to Colorado as a young man where he 
met and married Lyndall Deming. They ranched and farmed on Comanche 
Creek for over 50 years, raised their four children there and also ran 
a family owned truck company.
  Ken took a lifetime interest in education and served on the local 
school board. He was vice president of the Elbert County Historical 
Society and was very active in agriculture organizations. He was a 
member of the Comanche Creek Grange, the Elbert County and Colorado 
Farm Bureaus, the Elbert County Livestock Association, Colorado 
Cattlemens Association, and the Wheat Growers Association.
  Additionally, Ken cared very much about this great country and its 
politics. Because he believed in protecting the many freedoms Americans 
enjoy, he became actively involved in the Republican Party and served 
as Elbert County chairman for more than 20 years. He worked tirelessly 
to elect good people who would protect those freedoms.
  Mr. Speaker, I am honored to pay tribute to this very hardworking, 
humble man who gave so much to his family, the many friends he made 
over the years, and the community in which he lived. He embodied the 
true American spirit.

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