[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 51 (Wednesday, April 14, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E650]
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                       TRIBUTE TO LARRY SHEHADEY

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 14, 1999

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Larry 
Shehadey for receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Institute of 
Family Business conference. Mr. Shehadey is in his 50th year with 
Producers Dairy Foods, Inc.
  Larry Shehadey, 91, remains chairman of the board for the Fresno 
based Producers Dairy Foods which has a full line of dairy products, 
fruit punches and orange juices. Producers Dairy was not Larry 
Shehadey's first career. He began a successful soap business and sold 
it to Safeway, Shehadey then bought half interest in Producers as an 
investment. He became general manager and began controlling the 
company. Today Larry Shehadey presides over a family business that 
expanded from 25 to 300 employees, sells milk products from Eureka to 
Santa Barbara, operates a chain of convenience stores and farms 7,000 
acres of land on the west side of the Valley that provides feed for the 
company's 7,000 head of cattle.
  Producers is capable of milking 2,500 cows, twice a day. Shehadey is 
proud to be one of the few remaining locally owned independent 
businesses in the Central Valley. He has served on many dairy boards, 
including the Dairy council of California; Dairy Institute of 
California as president, California Growers Association; and The All 
Star Dairy Association, where he held the position of charter member.
  Larry Shehadey was married for 63 years to wife Elayne, who passed 
away recently, and has two sons, Richard and John and eight 
grandchildren. Richard, president of Producers, runs the company with 
his father.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Larry Shehadey on his 
Lifetime Achievement Award. Mr. Shehadey's service to the community is 
commendable. I urge my colleagues to join me in wishing Larry many more 
years of continued success.




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