[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 14 (Tuesday, February 15, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E140]
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          HONORING DR. RICK HERRINGTON FOR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE

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                           HON. SCOTT McINNIS

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 15, 2000

  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take a moment to recognize 
the outstanding commitment and years of service given to Carbondale, 
Colorado by Dr. Rick Herrington.
  Dr. Herrington arrived in Carbondale in 1975, just out of residency 
and recruited by a leader of concerned citizens, Betty DeBeque. He was 
so excited to be in this small Colorado town that he donned cross 
country skis and took a night tour of the town. The town reciprocated 
the feeling of joy and embraced its new doctor.
  True to any small town, when the clinic opened under Dr. Herrington, 
more townspeople came in to ``check the doctor out'' than because of 
illness. Dr. Herrington's staff included himself and a handful of 
volunteers to keep the clinic running. After two years of running the 
clinic as the only doctor, his wife, Sherry, told him that he had to 
find a partner or a new wife. In 1978 Dr. Gary Knaus became Dr. 
Herrington's partner. Today, the clinic is still serving the community 
with as much dedication as it did when it opened in 1975. The community 
of Carbondale will forever be grateful to a young man from Nebraska who 
came to help out a small town.
  It is with this, Mr. Speaker, that I would like to offer this tribute 
in honor of Dr. Rick Herrington, celebrating 25 years of service.

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