[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 137 (Tuesday, October 12, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2074]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
TRIBUTE TO GREG MAJORS, A DEDICATED INDIVIDUAL
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HON. SCOTT McINNIS
of colorado
in the house of representatives
Tuesday, October 12, 1999
Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pride that I take a moment
to recognize Greg Majors who has routinely gone above and beyond the
usual duties to make his business and community a better place. He has
recently been awarded the 1999 Sam Walton Business Leader Award, which
honors local business people who best exemplify the principles of Wal
Mart founder, Sam Walton.
Greg Majors is a driven man who has many positive ideas for change
and improvement. He is involved in many organizations which are both
business and community oriented. For the past nineteen years he has
been with Norwest Banks. The last eight he has spent in Montrose as
manager of Business Banking. There he is revered among his employees as
an honest and likeable man.
In addition, Greg has served as director of MEDC for the past four
years, two of which he served as president. He has also been the
director of the Montrose Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees for the
past three years. As if the aforementioned activities are not enough
for one man, Greg also serves on the board of trustees of the Montrose
United Methodist Church and for the past six years he has been an
active member of the Rotary Club.
Mr. Speaker, as you can see, Greg Majors is a valuable asset to the
community of Montrose. So, it is with this that I say thank you to this
man on behalf of the people of Western Colorado for his dedicated
service and I wish him well in all his future endeavors.
TRIBUTE TO DEPUTY SHERIFF ERIC ANDREW THACH
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HON. KEN CALVERT
of california
in the house of representatives
Tuesday, October 12, 1999
Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today along with my colleague
Congresswoman Mary Bono, with a heavy heart to pay tribute to a fallen
deputy sheriff from Sun City, California. Deputy Sheriff Eric Andrew
Thach died Friday in the line of duty for his Riverside County
community. We send our condolences and prayers to his family, neighbors
and the community.
Eric Thach was 34 years of age and employed with the Riverside County
Sheriff's Department for three years, since September 1996. He leaves
behind his young wife, Evelyn, and daughter, Shana. He also leaves
behind neighbors and a community that will miss his constant self-
sacrifice, generosity and quiet demeanor. And, now those left behind
must pull together to support and strengthen each other during the
coming months and years as they heal.
``Deputy Sheriff Eric Thach lived his life with strength and courage.
He was a good man, taken from us too soon . . . He will live on in our
memory and in the many respects paid to him by the community,'' stated
Riverside County Sheriff Larry D. Smith.
Eric Thach's sacrifice will be further remembered as his name is
engraved next to the names of three fellow officers, also felled in the
line of duty. The marker sits outside the Riverside County Sheriff's
Department as a reminder to us all of the selfless duty for law
enforcement officers assume as they protect the people or Riverside
County--a sacrifice that we often take for granted. As Madam de Stael
once said, ``We understand death for the first time when he puts his
hand upon the one whom we love.''
The National Law Enforcement Officer Memorial, though, says it the
best, that ``it is not how these officers died that made them heroes,
it is how they lived.'' Many of us can not truly understand the latent
danger associated with the day to day routines of our law enforcement
officers. They put themselves in the line of danger everyday as they
stop a vehicle, respond to an incident or a suspicious circumstances--
like Deputy Thach. The danger and violence they face day in and day out
is very real and it is times like these--sadly--that make us stop and
honor our law enforcement officers. We hope that they be given such
honor, respect and thanks always--not only when life's fragile nature
is revealed. Deputy Eric Thach lived his life with this constantly in
the forefront and his memory can be best served by us all doing the
same.
Mr. Speaker, we ask that you and our colleagues join us today to
remember this fine deputy. On behalf of the residents of Riverside
County, we extend our prayers and most heartfelt sympathy to his family
and loved ones.
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