[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 134 (Wednesday, September 30, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S11188]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        DODGE DEVELOPMENT CENTER

 Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, on April 2, 1998, in a statement I 
made on the Senate floor, I attributed the creation of the Dodge 
Development Center and Veterans Assistance Office in Rutland, Vermont 
to Chapter One of the Vietnam Veterans Association, also located in 
Rutland. I need to clarify for the record that, although some of the 
early members of VVA Chapter One were part of the very early stages of 
the idea, VVA, Chapter One was not responsible for the development, 
founding, or creation of the center.
  Years of hard work went into organizing community involvement, 
volunteer labor and donations, fundraising, remodeling, and furnishing 
that has resulted in the establishment of the only homeless shelter 
just for veterans in Vermont--the Dodge Development Center. I want to 
congratulate the people primarily responsible for this accomplishment. 
They are: Robert Rummel, Paul Albro, Cynthia Turrell-Burns, Peggy 
Gibbud, Jeff Hatch, Clark Howland, Gene Miner, Tom Neary, Lance Warner, 
and Tim Beebe. There were also dozens of volunteers and community 
members who helped them make this dream come true.
  I thank them for their persistence. They have worked through many 
funding and permitting hurdles over the years. On Veteran's Day this 
year, they will dedicate the center and open the doors of the shelter 
to homeless veterans. Again, I want to congratulate them and thank them 
for their determination.

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