[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 135 (Thursday, October 1, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1861-E1862]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   TRIBUTE TO JIM AND CAROL YARBROUGH

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                           HON. NICK LAMPSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 1, 1998

  Mr. LAMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise before you to recognize Jim and 
Carol Yarbrough, an exceptional couple who share a love for learning. 
This love for learning has been realized in the form of the College of 
the Mainland Foundation's Jim and Carol Yarbrough Scholarship 
Endowment.
  Carol Annette Urbani Yarbrough met James Daniel Yarbrough in the 
summer of 1973 at a dance. She was a junior at O'Connell High School, 
on her way to becoming valedictorian of her class. He was a senior at 
Ball High School and a star football player, on his way to leading the 
University of Texas Longhorns to a Southwest Conference football 
championship.
  After graduating from O'Connell in 1975 at the head of her class 
Carol moved on to UT where she majored in math, graduated in a record 3 
years and returned to Galveston to start her own business, Yarbrough 
Financial Services. Jim, as much a competitor off the field as he was 
on, was named to the All-Southwest Conference football team, completed 
his B.B.A. degree at UT in 3\1/2\ years and returned to Galveston to 
launch a successful business career before being elected Galveston 
County Judge in 1994.

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  Jim was elected to the Galveston Independent School District Board of 
Trustees and served a 4-year term from 1991-94 during which time a 
successful bond issue permitted major construction and renovation of 
GISD facilities. In 1994, he was a successful candidate for the 
Galveston County Judge, a leadership position he has held since and 
from which he has earned much praise for his efforts to streamline 
county government. The Galveston County Daily News and the Boy Scouts 
of America both honored him in 1996 as their Citizen of the Year.
  During the past 10 months, Jim and Carol Yarbrough and their family 
have faced perhaps their greatest challenge with the discovery of 
Carol's breast cancer. They recognized immediately the value of 
educating others to the challenge of cancer when they chose to share 
their story with the people of Galveston County, and, indeed, all of 
us. Carol now visits all the Galveston County high schools as a 
volunteer with the ``Check It Out'' program to educate junior and 
senior girls about breast cancer.
  Since education has been an important part of Jim and Carol 
Yarbrough's success, the College of the Mainland Foundation believes a 
scholarship named for this remarkable couple will help current and 
future students succeed.
  Once again, I commend the Yarbroughs for their leadership in my 
community.

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