[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 30 (Wednesday, March 18, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E409]
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                  GOLF TOURNEY MARKS THE END OF WINTER

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                          HON. JAMES T. WALSH

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 18, 1998

  Mr. WALSH. Mr. Speaker: As will many Americans, Central New York 
families with school children will soon begin the week-long spring 
vacation to milder climes, marking the change of seasons from cold to 
warm.
  My family will join many of our Syracuse area neighbors this year in 
a visit to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. While there, I will have the 
privilege once again to participate in a venerable tradition, the 16-
player Bill Jackson and Bob Lewis Golf Tournament. It will be just one 
of many such tourneys open to those of our neighbors who have respect 
for the game without taking things too seriously.
  Past participants in this particular tournament have included federal 
judges, mayors, congressmen, newspaper editors and business people from 
our region--good people with whom I am proud to associate under any 
circumstances, but especially during vacation.
  This bi-partisan representation of our hometown does not always 
guarantee good golf, but it does serve a higher purpose: good company 
during an important break in the yearly cycle of things.
  For the third year in a row, the Tournament will be held at the Pine 
Lakes Country Club, ``the granddaddy of the strand,'' owned by pro 
Scott Miles.
  I want to personally salute the therapeutic perspective of organizer 
Bill Jackson from Syracuse who has said often of one tourney 
participant, Judge Neil McCurn: ``He is a successful golfer. The first 
year he lost 20 balls, and the next year he only lost 10.''
  I would ask my colleagues to join me in wishing all these friends a 
good round of golf, and indeed in wishing all of those vacationing 
Americans a safe and renewing visit to their favorite vacation haunts.

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