[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 28 (Tuesday, March 14, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E308]
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                A TRIBUTE--LOUIS BRACH WAS TRULY A HERO

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                           HON. SCOTT McINNIS

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 14, 2000

  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I want to ask that we all pause for a 
moment to remember a man who we have lost, Louis Brach. Though he is 
gone, he will live on in the hearts of all who knew him and be 
remembered for long years by many who didn't.
  Mr. Brach was a former mayor, city councilman, as well as, an 
entrepreneur in Grand Junction. He was known as a wonderful businessman 
and had the gift of recognizing opportunity well ahead of others. As 
the owner of Brach's Market, he would go out of his way to tend to all 
of his customers. When he moved to Grand Junction at the age of 5, he 
knew that he was destined to make a difference.
  Louis Brach is someone who will be missed by many. His friends and 
family will miss the man that they all enjoyed spending time with. The 
rest of us will miss the man who exemplified the selflessness that so 
few truly possess. But, when we lose a man such as Mr. Brach, being 
missed is certainly no precursor to being forgotten. And, everyone who 
ever knew him, will walk through life differently for it.

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