[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 6 (Tuesday, February 1, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E49]
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              LAW OFFICER OF THE YEAR, SHERIFF JOHN EBERLY

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                           HON. SCOTT McINNIS

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 1, 2000

  Mr. McInnis. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take a moment to recognize 
the Law Officer of the Year recipient, Otero County Sheriff John Eberly 
of La Junta, Colorado.
  This award was presented by the Colorado Cattlemen's Association and 
the Colorado Brand Board and recognizes Colorado lawmen whose efforts 
to uphold the state's livestock law have benefitted the entire 
livestock industry.
  During his 25 years with Otero County, Sheriff Eberly has been 
instrumental in continuing and improving the livestock law training 
classes for law enforcement. Working with the National Guard, Sheriff 
Eberly and his staff coordinated the rescue and helicopter feeding 
operations for stranded livestock during the 1997 blizzard. When floods 
threatened the Arkansas Valley in 1999, his experience and knowledge 
was important to the area's ranching businesses.
  It is with this, Mr. Speaker, that I would like to congratulate 
Sheriff John Eberly and also thank him for his tireless commitment to 
making his community a better place.

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